FTX Is in the Lead to Buy Crypto Lender Voyager Digital’s Assets Out of Bankruptcy: Source
An auction was held this week through bankruptcy court for Voyager’s assets. At the final stage, it was a battle between billionaire Sam Bankman-Fried’s FTX and Wave Financial, a digital-asset investment firm, according to the person.
FTX’s bid was higher, the person added. It’s unclear how much FTX agreed to pay.
FTX didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment. A Wave representative declined to comment.
Read more: Behind Voyager’s Fall: Crypto Broker Acted Like a Bank, Went Bankrupt
CoinDesk reported on Aug. 25 that FTX and
A deal for Voyager could bring a relatively tidy end to one of the most harrowing tales from a terrible year for crypto.
After crypto prices sank, Voyager in early July barred customers from withdrawing their money. Its clients then became company creditors in bankruptcy court, forced to get in line with sophisticated restructuring lawyers and financiers as novice participants in a potentially laborious process to get their funds back. Unlike a conventional bank, Voyager’s failure didn’t trigger government-backed deposit insurance that makes most bank customers whole – which apparently surprised some Voyager users.
A purchase wouldn’t end Voyager’s Chapter 11 case. U.S. bankruptcy law, however, gives leeway to sell assets so troubled companies can maximize how much money they can recover to pay their creditors.