Crypto Lender BlockFi ຍື່ນສໍາລັບການລົ້ມລະລາຍແລະດໍາເນີນການປົດຕໍາແຫນ່ງທີ່ສໍາຄັນຍ້ອນວ່າ FTX Contagion ອ້າງອີກ: ແຫຼ່ງຂໍ້ມູນ

ໄດ້ ການຕິດເຊື້ອ FTX has just claimed another crypto firm.

BlockFi will file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection later today, a source at the company tells Decrypt.

In an official announcement, the New Jersey-based company ກ່າວວ່າ it “will focus on recovering all obligations owed to BlockFi,” but that “recoveries from FTX will be delayed” due to the ongoing bankruptcy proceedings at the fallen crypto exchange.

The crypto lender is also laying off a large portion of its staff, the source said.

BlockFi, which let users earn yield for depositing idle cryptocurrencies on the platform, first halted withdrawals on November 11, the same day FTX ຖືກຍື່ນ for bankruptcy.  “We, like the rest of the world, found out about this situation through Twitter,” BlockFi wrote in a letter at that time. “We are shocked and dismayed by the news regarding FTX and Alameda.”

Nearly a week later, a source at the company ບອກ Decrypt that it was considering filing for bankruptcy, given its hefty exposure to FTX.

BlockFi’s ties with FTX

ໃນເດືອນມິຖຸນາ, BlockFi ປະ​ກາດ a revolving $250 million line of credit with FTX roughly a week after the crypto lender cut staff by roughly 20%. It said that it was reducing its headcount due to “the dramatic shift in macroeconomic conditions worldwide.”

ມີແມ່ນ also discussion of an outright acquisition in July, but this was denied by Zac Prince BlockFi’s CEO.

BlockFi isn’t the only platform that FTX has bailed out. The crypto exchange also doled out a ເງິນກູ້ 120 ລ້ານໂດລາ in August 2021 to the Liquid Group after the latter suffered a $90 million hack. Liquid was then acquired by FTX in May 2022.

ເວທີ crypto ຖືກຍົກເລີກ withdrawals on November 15 and has yet to reopen them.

Voyager Digital also landed a $500 million line of credit in June from FTX’s sister firm Alameda Research. Voyager later ຖືກຍື່ນ for bankruptcy on July 6.