Celsius could sell assets to top bidder Fahrenheit as auction concludes

Celsius could soon merchantability its assets arsenic it concludes an auction that is portion of its bankruptcy proceedings, Reuters reported May 17.

Fahrenheit starring bidder

The latest bidding league for Celsius’ assets has been ongoing since April 22. Companies, including Fahrenheit Holdings, the Blockchain Recovery Investment Committee (BRIC), and NovaWulf, person placed bids connected the assets.

Celsius lawyer Ross Kwasteniet did not uncover the size of immoderate bid. However, helium said that caller bids are hundreds of cardinal dollars higher than earlier bids.

The apical bidder is Fahrenheit Holdings — a consortium formed by Arrington Capital and different companies in April to bid connected Celsius’ assets. Fahrenheit intends to enactment the purchased assets into a caller institution and compensate Celsius users done growth.

Auction process began successful October

Kwasteniet noted that Celsius’ auction has lasted for longer than it primitively planned. The steadfast received support to statesman its bidding process connected October 2022.

Though Celsius began to judge bids successful January 2023, it dismissed those bids, seemingly owed to their debased value. NovaWulf’s bid astatine that clip was up to $55 million.

Celsius primitively filed for bankruptcy connected July 13, 2022. It halted idiosyncratic withdrawals connected June 13, meaning that users person been incapable to entree funds for astir 1 year.

The existent auction is expected to extremity successful the coming days.

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