Pranešama, kad „Celsius“ generalinis direktorius Alexas Mashinsky „kontroliavo“ kriptovaliutų skolinimo įmonės prekybos strategiją, sausio mėnesį pasklidus gandams, kad Jungtinių Valstijų federalinis rezervas planuoja padidinti palūkanų normas.
According to a Tuesday report from the Financial Times, Mashinsky personally nukreiptas pavienius sandorius ir panaikintus finansų ekspertus, stengdamiesi apsaugoti Celsius nuo numatomo kriptovaliutų rinkos nuosmukio. Pranešama, kad „Celsius“ generalinis direktorius įsakė parduoti „šimtų milijonų dolerių“ vertės „Bitcoin“ (BTC) vienu atveju perpirkti monetas mažiau nei po 24 valandų ir patirti nuostolių.
Alex Mashinsky took control of Celsius trading strategy months before bankruptcy https://t.co/AnydQiZLCC
- „Financial Times“ (@FT) Rugpjūtis 16, 2022
Mashinsky’s actions also reportedly affected his professional relationship with Frank van Etten, the then chief investment officer of Celsius, with whom he “clashed repeatedly” over trading strategy. The Financial Times reported a person familiar with the matter said the Celsius CEO “had a high conviction of how bad the market could move south” and wanted staff “to start cutting risk” in any way possible prior to the Fed meeting.
Reports at the time suggested the Federal Reserve could implement rate hikes in January, but the central bank did not confirm it would be doing so until March. While there was still some volatility in the crypto market following the announcement, the price of major tokens didn’t crash for two months, with BTC falling below $30,000 in May and later under $20,000 in June.
One of the Individuals reportedly familiar with the events at Celsius said Mashinsky was “not running the trading desk” — seemingly not taking a heavy hand on trades — but rather expressing his opinions on the crypto market to influence strategy. Another person reportedly said the Celsius CEO was “slugging around huge chunks of Bitcoin” and ordering trades based on bad information.
The Celsius CEO reportedly used his authority to block sales of investment vehicles linked to cryptocurrencies, including shares of Grayscale’s Bitcoin Trust, or GBTC. The news outlet reported there was a deal available aimed at cutting Celsius’ losses on GBTC — the company held 11 million shares worth roughly $400 million in September 2021 — but Mashinsky refused it, eventually selling for a $100–$125 million loss in April 2022.
Susiję: „Celsius Network“ monetų ataskaita rodo, kad balanso atotrūkis siekia 2.85 mlrd
Celsijaus iškėlė 11 skyriaus bankrotą in July after closing debts owed to Compound, Aave and Maker. Cointelegraph reported on Tuesday that the crypto lending platform was on track to baigėsi pinigai by October, with a report suggesting the company’s debt was closer to $2.8 billion against its bankruptcy filing claims of a $1.2 billion deficit.
Cointelegraph reached out to Celsius and Alex Mashinsky, but did not receive a response at the time of publication.
Source: https://cointelegraph.com/news/celsius-ceo-personally-directed-crypto-trades-months-before-bankruptcy-report