Voyager Digital Outrightly Rejects FTX’s Buyout Offer Calling It A “Low-Ball Bid”

Troubled crypto lender Voyager Digital has outrightly rejected to a buyout provide from FTX and its subsidiary Alameda Analysis calling it a ‘low-ball bid’.

Final Friday, FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried proposed a restructuring deal to FTX. Beneath the proposed plan, Bankman-Fried’s buying and selling agency Alameda Analysis would purchase Voyager’s digital belongings and digital-assets loans in money market worth. Nonetheless, this might be exempting loans to embattled hedge fund Three Arrows Capital (3AC).

In return, FTX would provide Voyager prospects to obtain their a part of claims by opening an FTX account. Nonetheless, prospects who don’t want to join with FTX can proceed to retain all of their rights and claims within the chapter proceedings. However these prospects would get early entry to distribution of their claims by FTX.

On Sunday, July 24, Voyager attorneys submitted a response to the bid whereby they noted:

“The AlamedaFTX proposal is nothing greater than a liquidation of cryptocurrency on a foundation that benefits AlamedaFTX. It’s a low-ball bid dressed up as a white knight rescue”.

Voyager will entertain any “critical proposal” made underneath the bidding procedures, however the bid from FTX and Alameda was “designed to generate publicity for itself moderately than worth for Voyager’s prospects”.

Voyager Reserves All Rights, Mentioned the Legal professionals

Within the courtroom submitting submitted on Sunday, Voyager Digital stated that FTX’s proposal undermines a aggressive course of. Moreover, the bid declares no worth to Voyager and its mental property. Moreover, it fully ignores tax penalties amongst different issues.

The attorneys additional added that Voyager receives all rights and treatments towards FTX and Alameda for the “clear and intentional subversion of the chapter course of and the damages that could be suffered by prospects and different collectors because of this”.

Voyager filed for Chapter 11 chapter safety earlier this month. FTX has proven eager curiosity in getting its fingers at Voyager’s belongings.

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