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Celsius Network

  • Tuesday, 3 December, 2024
    Celsius founder Alex Mashinsky pleads guilty in fraud case

    Cryptocurrency lender’s former chief reaches agreement with prosecutors in criminal case

    Alex Mashinsky
  • Wednesday, 16 August, 2023
    Digital currencies
    The Crypt, updated

    There but for the grace of common sense go we

  • Thursday, 13 July, 2023
    Cryptocurrencies
    Celsius founder Alex Mashinsky arrested and charged with fraud

    Prosecutors allege founder misled investors into ploughing billions of dollars into cryptocurrency lender

    Alex Mashinsky
  • Tuesday, 31 January, 2023
    Crypto lender Celsius misused customer funds for years, examiner finds

    Group used investor money to prop up its own CEL coin, says law firm appointed by US court

    The Celsius Network logo and representations of cryptocurrencies
  • Tuesday, 31 January, 2023
    Scenes from a Celsius bankruptcy report

    It looked like a duck. It quacked like a duck . . . 

  • Thursday, 5 January, 2023
    Celsius founder Mashinsky sued for fraud by New York attorney-general

    Crypto lender’s former chief executive ‘acted as a modern-day Robin Hood’ but misled investors, lawsuit alleges

    Alex Mashinsky
  • Friday, 28 October, 2022
    Cryptocurrencies
    Crypto winter risks turning into ice age

    ‘Apathy’ kicks in as asset class fails to pick up after this year’s market crash

    Bitcoin logo and other cryptocurrencies on a sign
  • Friday, 21 October, 2022
    Cryptofinance
    JPMorgan turns to ex-Celsius exec for crypto advice

    Plus, news on Mastercard, BNY Mellon and a look to Brussels

  • Friday, 14 October, 2022
    US prosecutors subpoenaed Celsius days after it blocked withdrawals

    Crypto lender faces scrutiny after collapse

    A montage of the Celsius Network logo and representations of cryptocurrencies
  • Monday, 3 October, 2022
    Celsius Network founder withdrew $10mn ahead of bankruptcy

    Scrutiny of Alex Mashinsky grows after crypto lender was left with hole in balance sheet

    Alex Mashinsky, Celsius Network’s former chief executive
  • Monday, 3 October, 2022
    FT News Briefing podcast9 min listen
    The global backlash to UK tax cuts

    Denmark, Germany and Poland warn of sabotage after Nord Stream leaks

  • Wednesday, 28 September, 2022
    FT News Briefing podcast9 min listen
    The global backlash to UK tax cuts

    Denmark, Germany and Poland warn of sabotage after Nord Stream leaks

  • Tuesday, 27 September, 2022
    Alex Mashinsky resigns as head of Celsius Network

    Founder of bankrupt lender apologises to customers for ‘difficult financial circumstances’

    Alex Mashinsky
  • Monday, 19 September, 2022
    FT News Briefing podcast10 min listen
    The collapse of Celsius Network

    Investors are pricing in a sharper surge in interest rates over the coming months

  • Wednesday, 7 September, 2022
    Crypto lender Celsius looked a lot like a Ponzi, says state regulator

    ‘Deeply insolvent' and ready to yield

    Alex Mashinsky, founder and chief executive officer of Celsius Network
  • Wednesday, 17 August, 2022
    Caisse de depot et placement du Quebec
    Canadian pension giant writes off $150mn Celsius investment

    CDPQ concedes it went into crypto ‘too soon’

    Headquarters of the Caisse de depot et placement du Quebec in Montreal
  • Tuesday, 16 August, 2022
    News in-depthCryptofinance
    Celsius CEO took control of crypto lender’s trading strategy before bankruptcy

    ‘He was slugging around huge chunks of bitcoin’

    A montage of Alex Mashinsky, the Celsius logo and  Bitcoin Ethereum coins
  • Tuesday, 26 July, 2022
    News in-depthCryptofinance
    Tether’s recovery of an $840mn loan scrutinised in Celsius bankruptcy

    Case is a major test of how US insolvency rules will apply in the digital asset sector

    Celsius, bitcoin and tether logos
  • Friday, 15 July, 2022
    EquitiesFirst revealed as mysterious debtor to troubled crypto firm Celsius

    Specialist finance group owes $439mn to digital assets lender

  • Thursday, 14 July, 2022
    Celsius Network reveals $1.2bn shortfall in bankruptcy filing

    Crypto lender’s founder admits mistakes as digital asset group seeks court protection

    Alex Mashinsky
  • Thursday, 14 July, 2022
    Crypto lender Celsius files for bankruptcy in New York

    Company is latest to initiate court proceedings after sharp sell-off this year

    Alex Mashinsky, Celsius Networks chief executive and founder
  • Wednesday, 13 July, 2022
    The Big Read
    Inside Celsius: how one of crypto’s biggest lenders ground to a halt

    Former employees and internal documents suggest a reckless pursuit of high returns put the company in a poor position to ride out this year’s market turbulence

  • Friday, 8 July, 2022
    FT Alphaville
    Crypto lender Celsius sued by its own ‘hapless’ money manager

    A tale of alleged crypto sinners, victims, or possibly both

  • Thursday, 23 June, 2022
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    Ronaldo and hedgies know the crypto score Premium content

    EU to probe Broadcom deal, SumUp value subtracted, Xiaomi Book S

  • Wednesday, 22 June, 2022
    Cryptocurrencies
    ‘Celsians’ offer an interesting new way to lose money

    Ideas from an “unofficial community-based social network.”

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