Daniel Leon

Bankrupt crypto lender Celsius has sued crypto stablecoin Tether's British Virgin Islands and Hong Kong companies in New York in an attempt to recover "preferential and fraudulent transfers" of Bitcoin worth $3.4 billion at the current conversion rate.

Complaint "to avoid and recover preferential and fraudulent transfers" totaling 57,428.64 Bitcoin in Celsius Network Limited, of England, and Celsius Network LLC, of New Jersey, USA v. Tether Limited, of Hong Kong; Tether Holdings Limited, Tether International Limited, and Tether Operations Limited, all of the British Virgin Islands, at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York.

Complaint for a declaratory judgment that "(a) since at least the spring of 2021, the Defendants have been operating their businesses as a Ponzi scheme, (b) the Defendants’ books, records, and businesses are so hopelessly intertwined that the Defendants’ estates should be substantively consolidated, and (c) as a consequence of adjudicating that the Defendants operated as a Ponzi scheme, all contracts with the Defendants on and after the date the Ponzi scheme began, including, without limitation, Terms of Use, are deemed null and void" in Ignat Tuganov, of Cyprus v. Celsius Network LLC, Celsius KeyFi LLC, Celsius Lending LLC,, Celsius Mining LLC, Celsius Network Inc., Celsius Network Limited, of the United Kingdom; Celsius Networks Lending LLC, Celsius US Holding LLC, GK8 Ltd., of Israel; GK8 UK Limited, of Israel, and GK8 USA LLC at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York.