Celsius Changes Name to NewCo, Creditors to Get Shares and $2B in Crypto

• Celsius bankruptcy plan approved as judge confirms celsius bankruptcy exit
• The plan allows Celsius to distribute approximately $2 billion worth of Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) and some shares of the new company to users who were unable to withdraw their funds 

Celsius’s bankruptcy plan has been approved. Customers can now expect to see some of their assets returned and receive shares in the reformed company, which will be known as NewCo.

The Celsius insolvency case, which began last year, has taken a big step ahead with the approval of the company’s reorganization plan by the US Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York. On November 9th, Judge Martin Glenn approved the motion of the dissolved crypto business, which was also backed by numerous creditors.

Celsius Network declared bankruptcy in 2022 after months of suffering with liquidity challenges. The biggest issue arose with the Luna crash, which harmed numerous crypto firms.

Many consumers withdrew their monies because of fear of losing them, placing the company in jeopardy and forcing it to declare bankruptcy within two weeks of the crisis. Its entire assets and liabilities were believed to be between $1 million and $10 million, with over 100,000 creditors.

Celsius Bankruptcy: The Plan to Address the Situation

The approved plan allows Celsius to distribute approximately $2 billion worth of Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) and some shares of the new company to users who were unable to withdraw their funds when the company stopped accepting withdrawal requests, many of whom were participants in the Celsius Earn program, which paid them a set amount as a reward for depositing their cryptos. 

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Although the Securities and Exchange Commission claims that such systems are subject to securities regulation since they give some return to users, the judge did not settle the matter. He did not ascertain the program’s present condition or whether it comprises security.

Celsius will be reformed into a new firm called NewCo, which will aim to monetize its assets and experiment with a new business model while waiting for regulatory approval. According to rumors, the corporation aims to concentrate on mining Bitcoin and collecting fees from staking validators. It will also be controlled by Fahrenheit LLC, a consortium of organizations currently interested in bitcoin.

Fahrenheit will buy the bulk of the company’s stock for roughly $50 million, after which it will go public on the Nasdaq. Customers will be able to sell the shares they obtain as part of the bankruptcy recovery procedure as a result of this.

Cases Against Celsius in Court Celsius’s founder, Alex Mashinsky, has been charged with seven counts of charges, including securities fraud, wire fraud, and links to multibillion-dollar fraud and market manipulation.

He was also reported to have collaborated with the company’s former chief revenue officer, Roni Cohen-Pavon, in a Ponzi-like scheme to manipulate the company’s crypto currency. NewCo, the rebranded business, aims to sue Celsius’ creator as well.