Finextra: Crypto brokerage Voyager files for bankruptcy protection
        
            07 July 2022
        
        Voyager filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, listing assets of between $1 billion and $10 billion and liabilities in the same range.
        
        
        
                Cryptocurrency lender Voyager Digital has filed for 
bankruptcy protection, blaming volatility and contagion in the market, 
as well as the collapse of crypto hedge fund Three Arrows Capital.
            
            
The
 company suffered a blow when Three Arrows Capital went bust last week, 
defaulting on a loan of 15,250 BTC and $350 million USDC. Voyager says 
it is pursuing "all available remedies" for recovering the funds, 
including through the court-supervised processes in the British Virgin 
Islands and New York.
The bankruptcy filing comes a week after Voyager suspended withdrawals, trading and deposits to its platform.
The
 firm has now set out a reorganisation plan the will require court 
approval and see customers with crypto in their accounts receive in 
exchange a combination of that crypto, proceeds from the Three Arrows 
Capital recovery, common shares in the newly reorganised company, and 
Voyager tokens.
"This comprehensive reorganisation is the best 
way to protect assets on the platform and maximise value for all 
stakeholders, including customers," says Stephen Ehrlich, CEO, Voyager.
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