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The administrator of the bankrupt U.S. crypto lender BlockFi has submitted a comprehensive plan to the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of New Jersey, seeking approval for a final distribution aimed at making customers and unsecured creditors whole. This move marks a significant step towards concluding the wind-down process that began after BlockFi filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in November 2022.

As reported recently by FinTelegram, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposed a settlement with Do Kwon and his collapsed crypto scheme Terraform Labs. The judge has now approved this $4.5 billion settlement, marking one of the largest settlements in the crypto sector. This settlement follows a series of high-profile legal actions against various crypto firms, highlighting the ongoing efforts to clean up the sector after significant turmoil.

The prolonged legal battles surrounding the bankruptcy of FTX highlight that the resolution process could extend beyond the duration of the next anticipated crypto bull run. According to Alan R. Rosenberg, a Markowitz Ringel Trusty & Hartog partner, the FTX case is poised to be more protracted than other crypto bankruptcies like Celsius and BlockFi, primarily due to the complex clawback claims being pursued.

The next in line is giving up in the Crypto Contagion. The crypto lender BlockFi is the latest victim of contagion within the industry following the collapse of the crypto exchange FTX. The company and eight of its affiliates filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. According to the filing, BlockFi has over 100,000 estimated creditors and up to $10 billion in liabilities. The filing says that the firm has $256.9 million cash in hand.

There is currently sentiment on Twitter against the next crash candidate in the crypto space. Grayscale Bitcoin Trust (GBTC), the world’s largest cryptocurrency fund, has become caught up in the FTX crypto aftermath. The share price of the $10.5bn GBTC, which owns 3.5% of the world’s bitcoin, has plummeted to a 39% discount to the NAV. Troubled crypto lender BlockFi, GBTC's second-largest shareholder, allegedly prepares for bankruptcy!

After it was announced a few days ago that Sam Bankman-Fried's crypto exchange FTX has massive liquidity problems, the crypto scene was shocked. This was completely unexpected. Binance has canceled a briefly considered acquisition. Reportedly, up to $10 billion are missing. Now BlockFi, a crypto platform affiliated with the FTX group, has announced the suspension of withdrawals. BlockFi was impacted by the Terra-Luna collapse earlier this year and has been rescued by the FTX group.

The US crypto investment firm Grayscale Investments (https://grayscale.com) has sued the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) after the regulator rejected its application to transform its flagship Grayscale Bitcoin Trust into a spot Bitcoin Exchange-Traded Fund (ETF). The SEC rejected Grayscale’s application because the $40B Bitcoin Trust failed to meet consumer protection requirements including measures “designed to prevent fraudulent and manipulative acts and practices.”

The five-year-old crypto lending giant Celsius Network LLC is one of the highest-profile crypto firms fighting for survival amid the Crypto Winter environment. On 12 June 2022, the company froze all withdrawals. Last week, rival lender BlockFi said it had struck a deal for a $250 million line of credit from a crypto exchange amid concerns by its own depositors. Financial services titan Goldman Sachs is reportedly raising $2 billion to purchase discounted assets from Celsius.

Bloomberg reported that the crypto lender BlockFi agreed to pay $100 million to settle allegations from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and state regulators that it illegally offered a product that pays customers high-interest rates to lend out their cryptos. The company has been under investigation since at least Nov 2021 over the lending product, which offers yields as high as 9.5%.