BlockFi emerges from bankruptcy; will pay loan and interest users in early 2024

BlockFi announced connected Oct. 24 that it has emerged from bankruptcy and tin present enact the assorted parts of its bankruptcy plan, including a wind-down.

BlockFi said that it volition proceed to administer lawsuit assets. It noted that wallet customers tin presently petition withdrawals and volition beryllium capable to bash truthful until the withdrawal model closes connected Dec. 31. That withdrawal play primitively opened successful August.

The institution added that it intends to let BlockFi Interest Account (BIA) and Retail Loan customers to marque withdrawals disposable done a abstracted process starting successful aboriginal 2024. BlockFi said that it volition nonstop updates connected this portion of the process successful the coming months. BlockFi besides noted that it anticipates aggregate waves of distributions and said that the assets successful this class volition travel from its wind-down process.

BlockFi added that it volition proceed its claims reconciliation process to guarantee that claims are close and to guarantee that clients person a just magnitude of funds.

Finally, BlockFi said that the enactment of its betterment program allows it to retrieve assets that it says are owed by FTX, Three Arrow Capital (3AC), and different companies. BlockFi said that palmy litigation could summation payouts for claimants. Some parties person contested BlockFi’s claims and the merit of BlockFi’s lawsuit is unclear.

BlockFi filed for bankruptcy past November

BlockFi initially halted withdrawals and filed for bankruptcy successful November 2022. At that time, the institution cited issues astir the FTX empire — which would aboriginal effect successful FTX’s ain bankruptcy — arsenic its crushed for halting its services.

BlockFi maintained an extended lending narration with FTX. BlockFi’s bankruptcy assertion suggested that it owed $275 cardinal to FTX. However, later developments suggested that BlockFi had $1.2 cardinal of assets and loans with FTX and Alameda. Notably, BlockFi CEO Zac Prince testified regarding the communal lending statement successful the transgression lawsuit of erstwhile FTX CEO Sam-Bankman connected Oct. 14.

BlockFi’s bankruptcy filings different bespeak that it owes arsenic overmuch arsenic $10 cardinal to astatine slightest 100,000 creditors and erstwhile customers.

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