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Bankrupt Crypto Lender BlockFi to Refund More Than $100K to California Clients
The company will distribute the loan repayment refunds through its servicer to former clients, pending bankruptcy court approval.
Updated Mar 27, 2023, 9:53 p.m. Published Mar 27, 2023, 8:40 p.m.
BlockFi has approved a request to distribute $103,471 in refunds through its servicer to its California clients, the state’s Department of Financial Protection and Innovation (DFPI) announced on Monday.
The decision, which is subject to a bankruptcy court’s approval, comes after a DFPI investigation found the now-bankrupt crypto lender “failed to provide timely notification” to borrowers that they could stop repaying their loans after the company had paused withdrawals on its platform. As a result, BlockFi’s California borrowers remitted at least $103,471 worth of loan repayments to the lender's servicer.
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BlockFi froze client withdrawals and deposits to wallets and interest accounts on Nov. 11, 2022, following the collapse of crypto exchange FTX. The exposure to FTX eventually led to BlockFi’s filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection two weeks later.
A hearing concerning the refund request will take place on April 19, according to the DFPI announcement.
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