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BlockFi conditionally approved $1B recovery plan sets stage for repayment, larger recoveries
BlockFi's plan would help the bankrupt firm resolve all its cases and also allow it to refund clients.
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Updated: Aug. 3, 2023 at 11:13 am UTC
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Bankrupt crypto lender BlockFi announced that it had received conditional approval for its disclosure statement from the United States Bankruptcy Court of New Jersey, according to an Aug. 2 press statement jointly issued with its Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors.
As per the press statement, the lender’s creditors must vote on the Chapter 11 Plan before the Sept. 11 deadline. The plan would help the bankrupt firm resolve all its cases and also allow it to refund clients.
Mark Renzi, BlockFi’s chief restructuring officer, said the conditional approval moves the firm closer to maximizing recoveries for creditors. He added:
“We are confident that our Plan provides the best path to expeditiously return crypto back to our clients and we strongly urge BlockFi’s clients to vote to accept it.”
Plan details
BlockFi intends to return assets not stored in digital wallets to its creditors as part of its recovery plan. In addition, BlockFi is offering to settle any potential legal claims it may have against clients who agree not to opt out of a voluntary third-party release.
However, clients that withdrew more than $250,000 from BlockFi Interest Accounts and BlockFi Private Client Accounts on or after last year’s Nov. 2 are not released from potential claims.
Furthermore, the plan stipulated that there would be no clawbacks for assets under $250,000 that customers properly withdrew from BlockFi accounts before the platform suspended withdrawals in November last year.
Clients with claims under $3,000 or those opting to reduce their claims to this amount fall under the “Convenience Class.” This category allows clients to receive a single cash distribution, with creditors in this group obtaining 50% of their claims in a one-time transfer. This classification is part of the proposed recovery plan to simplify the payout process for smaller claims.
BlockFi could claim up to $1B in recoveries.
BlockFi added that if the plan gets approved, it can focus on recoveries against other entities, including Alameda, FTX, Three Arrow Capitals, Emergent, Marex, and Core Scientific. Notably, like BlockFi, all these entities are also going through bankruptcy.
The lender claims that about $1 billion is at stake in these recoveries, making it crucial to focus on getting successful verdicts in each case.
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