On-chain information factors to huge liquidations from the bankrupt crypto change Voyager.
On March 9, the change reportedly liquidated $56 million in Ethereum (ETH), Voyager Token (VGT), Shiba Inu (SHIB), and Chainlink (LINK).
Based on on-chain analytics agency Arkham Intelligence, Voyager has sold crypto belongings value $358.5 million within the final six weeks, promoting their ERC-20 belongings on Binance.US, Coinbase, and direct over-the-counter trades with market maker Wintermute.
Since January, Voyager’s USDC stability has elevated to $460 million. USDC is a dollar-pegged stablecoin.
The agency’s crypto liquidations accelerated considerably in March, with over $138 million moved for the reason that month’s begin, in comparison with a mixed $221 million in January and February.
The defunct change’s wallets nonetheless have round $271.5 million in crypto belongings poised for liquidation. Analytics portal, LookonChain, confirmed Arkham’s information displaying the same worth left in its Ethereum wallets.
Alongside Voyager’s liquidation, it will seem that regulators are working exhausting to gradual the method.
Binance.US acquisition hits hurdle
The U.S. Division of Justice (DOJ) challenged a New York court docket order which allowed Binance.US to amass the bankrupt crypto change Voyager Digital’s belongings. The attraction got here at some point after Choose Michael Wiles ruled in favor of the Voyager-Binance deal in opposition to the Securities Change Fee’s (SEC) opposition.
Voyager filed for chapter final summer time together with a bunch of different crypto corporations. Previous to its collapse, FTX gained the preliminary bid to purchase the defunct agency’s belongings.
Following the exchange’s collapse, Voyager’s attorneys said at a listening to that there would “be no transaction with FTX, I feel that’s fairly apparent.”
In December final yr, Binance.US emerged as the last word winner of the bid.
