Regulador do Texas tem preocupações sobre o acordo Voyager-Binance
- O Texas State Securities Board e o Departamento de Bancos expressaram preocupação em relação ao acordo de aquisição entre a Binance.US e a Voyager.
- The terms of service and restructuring plan of Binance.US contain several “inadequate” disclosures, said the regulator.
- Foi revelado em 19 de dezembro que a Binance.US planeja adquirir os ativos pertencentes à Voyager Digital por um total de $1,022 bilhões.
- 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.
De acordo com um arquivamento judicial 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.
Foi revelado através de um Comunicado de imprensa 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.”
Conforme relatado anteriormente pela Bitnation, o primeiro país a adotar o Bitcoin como moeda legal no mundo, El Salvador, está definido para abrir uma Embaixada Bitcoin no Texas. O estado também iniciou uma investigação sobre as celebridades que promoveram a agora falida exchange FTX, incluindo model Gisele Bündchen, Steph Curry, and Tom BradyAlém disso, também é crucial observar que o juiz de falências dos EUA, Michael Wiles, em Nova York, dado o aceno para a Voyager para entrar em um acordo com Binance.US e também solicitar votos de credores para o mesmo. No entanto, os reguladores dos EUA têm ajuizou ação contra a aquisição de bens pertencente à Voyager pela troca de criptografia.
Jornalista cripto com mais de 3 anos de experiência em DeFi, NFT, metaverso, etc. Parth trabalhou com grandes meios de comunicação no mundo cripto e financeiro e ganhou experiência e conhecimento em cultura criptográfica depois de sobreviver a mercados de baixa e alta ao longo dos anos.
