Crypto Hedge Fund in Default

Written by:
Aaron Goldstein
Published on:
Jun/27/2022

The Crypto Winter isn't over yet as wary investors and other interested parties await the next shoe to drop.  That could be the crypto hedge fund Three Arrows Capital.

They were to meet a deadline on Monday to repay more than $670 million in loans to Voyager Digital or face default.  The obligation apparently was not met.

Digital asset brokerage Voyager Digital issued a notice Monday morning, advising that the fund failed to repay a loan of $350 million in the U.S. dollar-pegged stablecoin, USDC, in addition to 15,250 bitcoin that translates into $323 million.

We are working diligently and expeditiously to strengthen our balance sheet and pursuing options so we can continue to meet customer liquidity demands,” said Voyager CEO Stephen Ehrlich.

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Genesis said short positions increased after the multibillion-dollar implosion of UST.

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- Aaron Goldstein, Gambling911.com

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