Celsius requests permission to sell off its stablecoins
The crypto lending firm intends to get the liquidity and support its operations with the funds from the sell-off. Celsius Networks, a crypto lending company that had frozen the withdrawals in June and has been proceeding through Chapter 11 bankruptcy since July, asked the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York for permission to sell its stablecoin holdings. This should let the company generate liquidity to help “fund the Debtors’ operations.”A notice was filed by the Celsius’ legal team from Kirkland & Ellis law firm on Sept. 15, a hearing where the court....
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