- The regulators of Texas and Vermont express dissent to Celsius’s plan to sell its stablecoin holdings.
- According to the filing Celsius can continue alleged securities violations and a general lack of clarity on the request.
Filing by Texas and Vermont Regulatory
Texas and Vermont State Security Regulators object to the stablecoin holdings sell plan of bankrupt cryptocurrency lending firm Celsius.
On September 29, 2022 the Texas Department of Banking and the Vermont Department of Financial Regulation filed their objection. Celsius wants to sell the stablecoin holdings in order to support its finances in the middle of the ongoing bankruptcy proceedings.
The Vermont lawyers stated that it is possible that Celsius can use the proceeds to resume potentially illegal activities. They point towards the Celsius request that doesn’t detail how the firm would use the funds. Hence “creates the risk [Celsius] will resume operating in violation of state law.” The filing mentions the collaborative investigation among 40 state regulators into Celsius’ activities like potential unregistered activity, fraud and market manipulation.
While the Texas Regulatory filed collaborated with similar arguments and named the Celsius’ request to sell its stablecoin as “Troubling broad.” As per the Texas filing the firm failed to give sufficient details in its application to sell the stablecoin holdings. It added “The Debtors fail to disclose in the Motion how much stablecoin will be sold, and how the monetization of the stablecoin ultimately benefits the bankruptcy estate and the many consumer creditors of the Debtors.”
On the other hand, the bankrupt firm asked the court to allow it to sell its stablecoin holdings midway via this month after revealing the proceeds to be about $23 Million. Additionally, a hearing on the concern is scheduled for October 6, 2022. It must be noted that the State Securities Regulators and the U.S. Trustees have continuously cited a lack of clarity for Celsius.
Source: https://www.thecoinrepublic.com/2022/09/30/celsius-sale-plan-facing-objection-from-texas-and-vermont-regulatory/