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Voyager app set to reopen for customer withdrawals as soon as June 20

Customers will soon be able to load up the Voyager app and see how much will be available for withdrawal.

Cryptocurrency brokerage Voyager Digital is preparing to reopen its app and allow customers to finally withdraw their funds — nearly one year after it filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.

Voyager's bankruptcy plan administrator Paul Hage said in a June 14 court filing that around June 15 the Voyager app would be updated to show the amount available for withdrawal, and estimated that the withdrawal period would start somewhere between June 20 and July 5.

The bankruptcy plan was first approved in court on May 17 and will result in customers initially receiving 35.72% of their claims by withdrawing crypto through the Voyager app or in cash after 30 days.

Within the filing, Hage also noted that bankrupt crypto hedge fund Three Arrows Capital still owes Voyager $650 million, so while this first tranche of withdrawals allows for just over 35% of customer funds to be withdrawn “the primary focus will shift to recovering additional assets that can be distributed to creditors” once the initial distribution is completed.

Additionally, an extra $445 million of customer funds could also be made available to creditors pending a final resolution of Alameda Research’s preference claim against Voyager, which is not expected to happen until at least mid-September 2023.

After originally filing for bankruptcy on July 5, Voyager had submitted two prior bankruptcy plan proposals but both had fallen through.

Related: SEC and Binance.US to negotiate deal avoiding total asset freeze

The first of these was to the United States arm of FTX, FTX.US, but the $1.4 billion deal fell through after FTX filed for bankruptcy.

Subsequently a $1 billion deal with Binance.US also fell through after it backed out on April 25, citing a “hostile and uncertain regulatory climate in the United States.”

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Deadline Approaching: Mt Gox Trustee Sets Final Cut-off Date for Creditors to Claim Over $3 Billion in Recovered Bitcoin

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US Crypto Lawsuits Reach All-Time High With 42% Increase in 2022; SEC Cases Dominate Legal Battles

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Three Arrows Capital Co-Founder Announces New Crypto Venture Open Exchange Amid Bankruptcy Controversy

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Investors seek to sell FTX, Celsius, BlockFi, Voyager claims

Hedge funds and debt investors have already purchased some of the claims.

Instead of waiting for a lengthy bankruptcy process, some investors, who have claims on FTX exchange, Celsius Network, BlockFi and Voyager Digital, are looking to pass on their claims to others. 

Data from crypto claims trading startup Xclaim shows that there are at least hundreds of investors who have been affected by the recent collapses of crypto platforms FTX, Celsius, BlockFi and Voyager who do not want to wait for the lengthy bankruptcy process that doesn’t guarantee that they will even be able to get something.

The investors have listed their claims for sale to get something out of it even though they might incur some losses in the process. At the time of writing, almost ten thousand claims were listed, with 9,072 claims on Celsius Network, 93 claims on Voyager, 67 claims on FTX and 23 claims on BlockFi.

Matt Sedigh, the founder of Xclaim, said in an interview with the mainstream media outlet Wall Street Journal that they have been receiving calls from creditors from various areas of the world. According to the executive, two-thirds of the claims posted are from creditors based in China, Hong Kong and Taiwan.

Some hedge funds and debt investors have been shopping for claims. Companies like Contrarian Capital Management, Invictus Global Management and NovaWulf Digital Management have purchased some of the claims.

Related: Non-US FTX customers want private info redacted from bankruptcy filings

Meanwhile, Celsius is preparing to file a motion that extends the deadline for users to submit their claims. Some community members were unhappy with the extension, pointing out how lawyers get paid while the creditors have to wait some more.

In other news, former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried has reportedly cashed out $684,000 after his release. Wallets allegedly connected to Bankman-Fried have been flagged, suggesting that the former CEO broke one of the conditions of his release, which is to not spend more than $1,000 without permission.

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Ukraine’s Deputy Digital Minister Rejects ‘FTX-Democrats Narrative’

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Fed Board, FDIC Order Voyager Digital to Retract Federal Deposit Insurance Claims

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Celsius Clients Beg Bankruptcy Court to Release Crypto, One Customer Needs Funds to ‘Put Food on the Table’

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Report Says Binance Shared Client Data With Russia, Crypto Exchange Denies Allegations

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