Celsius responds to NYAG crackdown on crypto lending platforms
“If any regulatory or technical changes are required in a specific jurisdiction, Celsius will provide clear and timely communication as needed,” said the firm. Crypto lending firm Celsius Network has confirmed it is one of three platforms requested to provide information to the New York Attorney General’s office.In a Tuesday blog post, Celsius said it was not one of the two unnamed crypto lending platforms that New York Attorney General Letitia James ordered to “cease any and all such activity” around selling or offering cryptocurrencies. Rather, Celsius said it was “working on providing....
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The SEC’s main concern reportedly lies with the high-yield offering by crypto lending services, which are often considerably higher than most savings banks. The United States Securities and Exchange Commission is reportedly reviewing some of the high-yield crypto lending products offered by Gemini, Celsius Network and Voyager Digital.According to a report published on Bloomberg, the SEC is conducting an inquiry into digital asset lending services. The main focus of the inquiry is reportedly around whether the crypto lending services could be considered securities and, therefore, must be....
Multiple events in the last two months have seen various crypto lending platforms come under fire from both a liquidity and investor confidence angle. The first which had been the LUNA collapse had been the trigger for the rest such as the Celsius insolvency and the subsequent liquidation of Three Arrows Capital (3AC), the largest […]
Celsius, one of the top crypto lenders, halted withdrawals on its platform last week due to a terrible liquidity crisis. And now, the crypto lending network has stated that it will take more time to get back on track financially as they are still recovering from financial crises. Celsius is a cryptocurrency lending and interest-paying […]
New York Attorney General Letitia James has ordered two cryptocurrency lending platforms to shut down and requested three other platforms to answer questions regarding their activities immediately. The letters to the companies published on the attorney general’s website indicate that the two platforms are Nexo and Celsius Network.
New York Cracks Down on Unregistered Crypto Lending Platforms
New York Attorney General (NYAG) Letitia James announced Monday her new efforts to crack down on unregistered cryptocurrency companies.
In New York, lending platforms must....
The CEO of Swan Bitcoin, Cory Klippsten, criticizes Celsius Network and other centralized crypto lending platforms, warning of possible market contagion. Swan Bitcoin CEO Cory Klippsten believes that the liquidity crisis involving Celsius Network may be just the beginning of a broader collapse in the crypto lending space. "It doesn't matter if you're an amazing CeFi lending platform, taking these retail deposits and lending them out the back end and giving them yield, or a terrible one, they're all going to get kind of dragged down," Klippsten said in an exclusive interview with....