Crypto's Bankrupt Blow-Ups Attempt Clawbacks

Three Arrows Capital and Celsius are filing new lawsuits to recover funds.

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Bankrupt crypto projects like Three Arrows Capital and Celsius are suing their former counterparties to recover funds.

What’s the scoop?

  • 3AC’s Legal Action: 3AC’s liquidators are seeking $1.3B from TerraForm Labs for alleged market manipulation of TerraUSD (UST) and Luna (LUNA) tokens, leading to significant losses for 3AC.
  • Allegations Against TerraForm Labs: The liquidators allege that TerraForm artificially inflated the value of UST and LUNA, which led 3AC to make substantial investments that ultimately collapsed when the market crashed.
  • Celsius vs. Tether: Bankrupt crypto lender Celsius is suing Tether Tether for $3.3B, alleging fraudulent practices in securing preferential treatment during Bitcoin Bitcoin collateral liquidation, harming Celsius's creditors.
  • Bitcoin Liquidation Dispute: Celsius argues that Tether liquidated Bitcoin collateral at below-market prices during Celsius's collapse. The lawsuit seeks to recover these funds for the benefit of Celsius’s creditors.

Bankless Take:

The trend of 2022's class of bankrupt projects suing to recover lost funds is in full swing, particularly with Celsius, which recently filed a complaint against international depositors who withdrew shortly before the lender declared bankruptcy in an attempt to claw back the assets withdrawn. Regardless, these suits further cast Celsius and 3AC in a bad light, giving the impression of disgraced projects looking to blame others for their own mistakes, regardless of the validity of their claims. 


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David C

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David is a writer/analyst at Bankless. Prior to joining Bankless, he worked for a series of early-stage crypto startups and on grants from the Ethereum, Solana, and Urbit Foundations. He graduated from Skidmore College in New York. He currently lives in the Midwest and enjoys NFTs, but no longer participates in them.

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