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Celsius Owed $439M by Lending Firm EquitiesFirst: Report
Celsius first borrowed from EquitiesFirst in 2019 before an overcollateralized crypto loan went sour in 2021.
Автор Oliver Knight
Beleaguered crypto lending firm Celsius Network is owed $439 million by Indianapolis-based private lending platform EquitiesFirst, according to a Financial Times report, citing two unnamed sources.
- EquitiesFirst, which was founded in 2002, began offering crypto collateralized loans in 2016.
- “EquitiesFirst is in ongoing conversation with our client and both parties have agreed to extend our obligations,” the firm told CoinDesk.
- Celsius began borrowing from EquitiesFirst in 2019. Two years later, Celsius was asked to repay a loan by EquitiesFirst in order for the collateralized crypto to be returned only to be told that it could not be delivered in a "timely basis," according to the report.
- EquitiesFirst is currently repaying $5 million per month, and the debt is made up of $361 million in cash and 3,765 bitcoin , worth nearly $79 million at the time of writing.
- Details of the debt first emerged in Celsius' bankruptcy filing on Thursday, in which it revealed that it had liabilities of $5.5 billion and $4.3 billion of assets.
- The shortfall may increase as $600 million of Celsius' assets is locked up in the now depleted CEL token, which is trading at $0.80 despite hitting an all-time high of $8.04 last June.
- Celsius froze withdrawals in June after having liquidity issues amid "extreme market conditions."
- Celsius was not immediately available for comment at press time.
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UPDATE (July 15, 16:15 UTC): Updated with response from EquitiesFirst.
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