This settlement puts an end to a previous disagreement related to the selling of loan security prior to Celsius declaring bankruptcy in July of 2022.
The Blockchain Recovery Investment Consortium (BRIC), a group including VanEck and GXD Labs, announced the agreement on October 14th.
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<p>Following Celsius's exit from bankruptcy in January 2024, BRIC was designated by Celsius Debtors and the Unsecured Creditors’ Committee to supervise the recovery of assets and address legal matters.</p><p>The core of the legal action involved accusations that <strong>Tether had inappropriately sold <tracker-embed-tippy title="Bitcoin" logo="/crypto-prices/coins/bitcoin.png" slug="bitcoin-btc" tracker-link="https://www.bitdegree.org/cryptocurrency-prices/bitcoin-btc-price" :volume="24915633672.341000000000000000" :daily-change="-1.560000000000000000" ticker="BTC" :market-cap="2210195295979.500000000000000000">
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</tracker-embed-tippy> held by Celsius as collateral for USDT loans</strong>. Celsius claimed that these sales occurred when Bitcoin's value was similar to the loan values.</p><p>The filing with the court happened in August of 2024 within the jurisdiction of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York.</p><p><iframe loading="lazy" class="twitter-embed" src="https://platform.x.com/embed/Tweet.html?frame=false&hideCard=false&hideThread=false&id=1978115182757883940&lang=en&theme=light&width=550px" title="Twitter Tweet Embed" width="550px" rel="noindex nofollow" scrolling="no"> </p><p>While Celsius initially sought about $4 billion through the lawsuit, the <strong>settlement addresses only a fraction of that sum</strong>. A larger legal battle against <a href="https://www.bitdegree.org/crypto/buy-tether-usdt"><strong>Tether</strong></a> was given the green light to proceed back in July 2025, but it's not yet clear how this resolution will affect those ongoing legal actions.</p><p>According to BRIC representatives, which includes David Proman from GXD Labs, the consortium is <strong>pleased with the result and the swiftness in reaching a resolution</strong>. BRIC is still managing the remaining assets of Celsius, many of which are difficult to sell, and is working to return the most value to creditors.</p><p>In related news, Gemini <tracker-embed-tippy title="Gemini" logo="/crypto-prices/exchanges/gemini.png" slug="gemini" tracker-link="https://www.bitdegree.org/top-crypto-exchanges/gemini" :volume="304982995.390540000000000000" :daily-change="-17.650000000000000000" :is-exchange="true">
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