US court gives Voyager green light to pay bonuses to key employees
Voyager Digital will pay $1.9 million in retention bonuses to key staff members to ensure the beleaguered cryptocurrency lender can continue operating through bankruptcy proceedings. A New York bankruptcy court has given embattled cryptocurrency brokerage Voyager Digital the green light to pay retention bonuses to key staff members.The firm filed a motion with the United States Bankruptcy Court on Aug. 2 seeking approval for its Key Employee Retention Plan (KERP) which entailed $1.9 million worth of payments to 38 key employees that have been identified as crucial to the exchange’s ongoing....
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The creditors wrote that the employees are "already well-compensated" while its creditors struggle to pay their expenses. Voyager Digital Holdings’ committee of unsecured creditors has filed a motion to object to the firm's proposal to keep its employees by paying them monetary awards for staying in the company. On August 2, Voyager Digital filed a motion to the United States Bankruptcy Court in the Southern District of New York to approve the Key Employee Retention Plan (KERP) that aims to distribute $1.9 million to 38 key employees who were deemed to be very crucial to the operations of....
The now defunct and bankrupt Voyager Digital has been approved by the court to distribute $270 million in funds to creditors and affected customers. The news follows the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) and the Federal Reserve Board ordering Voyager to remove any statements that allege Voyager is FDIC insured. The U.S. Bankruptcy Court in New York and Judge Michael Wiles have allowed Voyager’s custodian, Metropolitan Commercial bank, to release the $270 million.
New York Bankruptcy Court Approves Release of $270 Million From Voyager’s Custodian
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Article now includes comment from Overstock's Judd Bagley. Online retail giant Overstock has announced plans to offer its employees a bitcoin bonus scheme. Overstock representative Judd Bagley told Mashable that the company is "trying to figure out" how it can pay out bitcoin bonuses and aims to get the program in place by the end of the year. Under the scheme, Overstock employees will be incentivised to accept their bonuses in bitcoin by offering a premium over cash payments. Bagley told CoinDesk: "The first step will be to offer to pay employees their annual bonuses in bitcoin. Those....
In response to FTX’s proposal to provide early liquidity to Voyager customers, the attorneys for insolvent cryptocurrency lender Voyager Digital called the proposal a “low-ball bid dressed up as a white knight rescue” that only benefited FTX. Voyager Lawyers Call FTX’s Offer A ” Low Ball Bid” In court documents filed late on Sunday, attorneys […]