Fichiers BlockFi pour la faillite

• BlockFi doit toujours à la SEC $30 millions, faisant de la SEC son quatrième créancier.
•  BlockFi also owes $275 million to West Realm Shires.
• Le prêteur crypto rejoint FTX, Voyager et Celsius pour déposer le bilan.

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Le prêteur de crypto BlockFi a rejoint la liste des plates-formes de blockchain pour déposer le bilan au cours de ce qui a été une année mouvementée pour le marché plus large de la crypto. BlockFi a annoncé lundi qu'il avait déposé for Chapter 11 bankruptcy along with eight affiliates. The company made the filing in a New Jersey court as crypto prices continue to decline.

BlockFi’s decision comes as no surprise to many. The company’s future has been in doubt since FTX filed for bankruptcy. In its court filing, the bankrupt lender listed FTX as its second-largest creditor. BlockFi was one of the crypto platforms that rose to prominence during the last bull run. The platform claimed that it had more than 450,000 retail customers in 2021.

The crypto lender promoted itself particularly to small investors, providing them with accounts that paid high interest on cryptocurrency deposits as well as quick loans backed by cryptocurrencies without credit checks. BlockFi’s collapse raises huge concerns about the crypto industry where companies are so linked that even a small shake can cause financial havoc.

Plusieurs sociétés de crypto-monnaie, dont FTX et BlockFi, ont déclaré faillite ces derniers mois. Celsius Network et Voyager Digital ont déposé leur bilan à une semaine d'intervalle en juillet. Les deux plates-formes ont été victimes d'une panique majeure du marché qui a vu la valeur de nombreuses crypto-monnaies bien connues s'effondrer à de nouveaux plus bas. Celsius et Voyager ont eu du mal à se remettre sur les rails. 

BlockFi has struggled for stability since then and reached an agreement with FTX in June to secure itself. The deal with FTX was considered a safety net for the lender given that FTX held the market as one of the key players. FTX offered to provide BlockFi with a $400 million credit line, which the lender could use as needed.

BlockFi, in its bankruptcy filing, said it had $257 million in cash on hand to help it keep going during the bankruptcy. In court documents, the crypto lender claimed to have more than 100,000 creditors and $10 billion in assets and liabilities. Additionally, it promised to drastically cut costs overall, including labour. 

BlockFi also said that it would concentrate on collecting any obligations owed to it, including those owed by FTX. However, given FTX’s bankruptcy, BlockFi warned of possible delays in recouping assets from the exchange.

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