Il regolatore del Texas è preoccupato per l'accordo Voyager-Binance
- Il Texas State Securities Board e il Department of Banking hanno espresso preoccupazione per l'accordo di acquisizione tra Binance.US e Voyager.
- The terms of service and restructuring plan of Binance.US contain several “inadequate” disclosures, said the regulator.
- Il 19 dicembre è stato rivelato che Binance.US intende acquisire gli asset appartenenti a Voyager Digital per un totale di $1.022 miliardi.
- The regulator stated that this plan presented by Binance.US “unfairly discriminates against Texas consumers.”
Popular crypto lending platform Voyager Digital filed for bankruptcy last year and went on to make several headlines after its acquisition deal with Sam Bankman-Fried’s crypto exchange FTX fell apart due to the latter also filing for bankruptcy in November 2022. Interestingly, the US arm of the world’s largest crypto exchange, Binance.US, came forward to acquire Voyager, but several regulators, including the Texas State Securities Board and the Department of Banking, have concerns regarding the same.
Secondo a deposito del tribunale by the Texas regulator, the terms of service and restructuring plan of Binance.US contain several “inadequate” disclosures, including not adequately informing unsecured creditors that under the plan, they may only get 24%–26% recovery, as compared to the 51% they would receive under Chapter 7.
È stato rivelato tramite a comunicato stampa published on Dec. 19 that Binance.US plans to acquire the assets belonging to Voyager Digital for a total of $1.022 billion. The crypto lender stated at that time that the crypto exchange presented the “highest and best bid for its assets.”
Further, the filing also stated that the crypto exchange’s disclosure also does not mention the fact that customers will be required to allow the transfer of “personally sensitive information to any party in any part of the world as required by Binance.US, and then strips the account holders of any legal recourse for any issues that may arise.”
“So, under these ToUs, customers’ information can be transferred to almost any company or person that Binance.us desires, and, if any issues arise in the customers’ access to or use of Binance.us’s Services, the customers have absolutely no right to challenge the issue,” noted the Texas regulator.
The regulator stated that this plan presented by Binance.US “unfairly discriminates against Texas consumers,” while adding that since the crypto exchange is not licensed to operate in the region, Voyager will hold the digital assets belonging to the account holders for six months after the agreement, during which time Binance.US would seek licensing in the state.
However, the regulator further noted, “It will be almost impossible for Binance.us to be licensed by the Texas SSB and the DOB within six months, and, as such, holding the Texas consumers’ coin for six months accomplishes nothing.”
Come riportato in precedenza da Bitnation, il primo paese ad adottare Bitcoin come moneta a corso legale nel mondo, El Salvador, è destinato a farlo aprire un'ambasciata Bitcoin in Texas. Lo stato ha anche avviato un'indagine sulle celebrità che hanno promosso l'exchange FTX, ora in bancarotta, incluso model Gisele Bündchen, Steph Curry, and Tom Brady.Inoltre, è anche fondamentale notare che il giudice fallimentare degli Stati Uniti Michael Wiles a New York lo ha fatto dato il cenno a Voyager per stipulare un accordo con Binance.US e anche sollecitare i voti dei creditori per lo stesso. Tuttavia, i regolatori statunitensi hanno ha presentato ricorso contro l'acquisizione di beni appartenente a Voyager dall'exchange di criptovalute.