ກອງທຶນບໍານານການາດາສູນເສຍເງິນລົງທຶນ 150 ລ້ານໂດລາສະຫະລັດ

While the troubled cryptocurrency lending firm Celsius continues to incur significant losses for its investors after freezing client withdrawals and filing for ການລົ້ມລະລາຍ ໃນໄລຍະ market crypto rout, a Canadian pension fund came out with a confession that it too made an investment in the failed crypto lender.

Indeed, Caisse de Depot et Placement du Quebec (CDPQ) had ລົງທຶນ $150 million in Celsius back in October 2021, as part of a $400 million funding round co-led by WestCap Investment Partners LLC, Bloomberg ຂອງ Mathieu Dion ລາຍງານ ໃນເດືອນກອນກະດາຄົມ 20.

According to an emailed statement by CPDQ’s spokesperson Maxime Chagnon:

“We understand that our investment in Celsius raises a number of questions. (…) This is something that we take very seriously, and we will provide further comment at the appropriate moment. Celsius is currently engaged in a complex process that will take time to resolve.”

Reportedly, CPDQ’s October contribution increased Celsius’s valuation by over $3 billion, and Chagnon stated that his company was “making every effort to preserve our rights,” without providing any more details on this effort.

‘A very small portion’ involved

That said, he did explain that a portion of the fund’s portfolio was indeed committed to risk assets that have the possibility of high yield, but that some of these ການລົງທຶນ, e.g. the one in Celsius, aren’t panning out as CPDQ had expected:

“A very small portion of our overall portfolio is invested in new technologies, which feature innovative, high-growth companies in riskier sectors that offer the potential for superior returns — and have provided outstanding returns to our clients over a number of years. (…) However, some of our investments, such as the one in Celsius, are not performing as expected.”

At the time of the investment, CPDQ’s Chief Technology Officer Alexandre Synnett referred to Celsius as “the world’s leading crypto lender with a strong management team that put transparency and customer protection at the core of their operations.”

Accusations of Ponzi-like con job

Meanwhile, Celsius has been slapped with a class action suit accusing it of selling unregistered securities in a ໂຄງ​ການ​ຄ້າຍ​ຄື Ponzi​ and convincing investors to purchase its ທາງດ້ານການເງິນ ຜະລິດຕະພັນໃນອັດຕາເງິນເຟີ້.

In early July, Celsius’s former investment manager Jason Stone also filed a lawsuit allegedly claiming that his ex-employer was ມີສ່ວນຮ່ວມໃນການຈັດການຕະຫຼາດ crypto ໂດຍບໍ່ມີການປະຕິບັດມາດຕະການບັນຊີພື້ນຖານເພື່ອປົກປ້ອງເງິນຝາກຂອງລູກຄ້າ, ເປັນ ນ້ ຳ ມັນ Finbold ລາຍ​ງານ​.