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People Who Lost Crypto in the Celsius Collapse Desperately Trying to Get It Back

Artem Bogdanov by Artem Bogdanov
August 19, 2022
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“If I do become part of the cautionary tale in crypto, I’ll know I didn’t just sit by and do nothing.”

Fade Gently

When Celsius — the “Unbank Yourself”-preaching crypto lender that rose to fame by offering remarkably high-yield, though allegedly secure user accounts — collapsed into bankruptcy last month, it took $4.7 billion of user assets with it. By all accounts, users are unlikely to ever see any of that cash again.

Some folks, however, are refusing to go out without a fight. And while hope has generally been pretty scarce, The New York Times now reports that one specific group of jilted Celsius users may have found a loophole that works in their favor.

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Celsius was only able to generate its dangerously high yields — sometimes as high as 18 percent annually — by investing their user’s deposits into other crypto ventures, notably the cursed hedge fund Three Arrows Capital (3AC) and the not-so-stable “stablecoin” Luna. When Luna crashed, so did 3AC. Celsius, its user’s funds invested in these and other busted projects, wasn’t far behind.

But not all crypto accounts were the same. Celsius offered something called “custody” accounts, which were essentially marketed as digital safes — no returns, no interest. And by the platform’s own policy, as the NYT explains, that money never belonged to Celsius. It always belonged to the users, who were just keeping it there.

Since the bankruptcy, many of the roughly 58,000 custody account holders — whose lost assets together make up a small-but-significant $150 million of that $4.7 billion implosion — have organized, and quickly. Due to the nature of their holdings, some legal experts think they actually have a shot at one day retrieving the lost funds.

“The custody customers have a decent chance of prevailing and getting their money back,” Adam Levitin, a bankruptcy professor at Georgetown Law, told the NYT.

That being said, the legal process, which is still uncertain, is likely to take a while. Still, it’s refreshing to see a bright spot in what’s pretty much been a sea of absolute misery — and more than anything, it would be great to see a win for the little guys.

“If I do become part of the cautionary tale in crypto,” David Little, the Celsius custody account holder who formed the community cohort, told the NYT. “I’ll know I didn’t just sit by and do nothing.”

READ MORE: They Lost Crypto in the Crash. They’re Trying to Get It Back. [The New York Times]

More on crypto hell: Two Blockchain Sleazebags May Have Crashed the Entire Crypto Market



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