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Celsius denies rumors about company president’s attempt to leave US

  • June 28, 2022
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A representative of crypto lending firm Celsius denied rumors about CEO Alex Mashinsky’s attempt to fly out of the United States amid an ongoing liquidity crisis. Reported by

Celsius denies rumors about company president’s attempt to leave US

Celsius denies rumors about company president’s attempt to leave US
Celsius denies rumors about company president’s attempt to leave US

A representative of crypto lending firm Celsius denied rumors about CEO Alex Mashinsky’s attempt to fly out of the United States amid an ongoing liquidity crisis. Reported by Cointelegraph.

“All Celsius employees, including the CEO, are focused and working hard to stabilize liquidity and operations. Therefore, any report that Celsius CEO is trying to leave the US is false,” he said.

On June 27, investor Mike Alfred reported that Mashinsky “tried to leave the country from the Morristown (New Jersey) airport, but was stopped by authorities.”

“It’s unclear at this time whether he’s been arrested or just banned from leaving,” Alfred added.

According to him, CEO Celsius tried to fly to Israel. one of the users approvedhe also heard this information from his own source.

Some commentators were skeptical of the news.

“Multiple people are reading the same FUD story. Also Celsius has an office in Israel. Alex is always on the go. So nothing special will happen on such a flight,” Puffel18 wrote.

On June 13, Celsius suspended withdrawals and operations on the platform “due to extreme market conditions”.

Correspondents found that the company hired lawyers for a possible financial restructuring and applied to Citigroup to raise capital.

Georgetown University law professor Adam Levitin has described the bankruptcy of a crypto lender as almost inevitable. According to the media, the financial holding Goldman Sachs plans to collect $ 2 billion in this case to buy the assets of the company.

Recall that the regulators of several US states launched an investigation into Celsius’s actions.

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