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Bankruptcy Judge Denies Celsius’ Motion to Pay Employees $3M in Retention Bonuses – At Least Temporarily

During Tuesday’s three-hour hearing, the judge did not seem to take issue with the contents of the KERP itself (which has also been approved by the unsecured creditors’ committee), but was bewildered and irritated by a second motion filed by Celsius’ lawyers on Oct. 11 seeking to file most of

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Ethereum Merge Vastly Increased Stakefish’s Profile, but 25% of Its Employees Are Gone Anyway

Ethereum’s switch from a proof-of-work to a proof-of-stake system handed the reins of the second-largest blockchain from miners to validators that “stake” ether (ETH), Ethereum's native currency, by sending it to an address on the chain where it cannot be bought or sold. Stakefish, which sets up interest-earning validators on

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South Korean prosecutors apply to revoke Do Kwon and other Terra employees’ passports

According to local news outlet gynews.kr, the Seoul Southern District Prosecutors' Office's Joint Financial Securities Crime Investigation Team says it will be contacting the country's Ministry of Foreign Affairs to nullify the passports of Terra Luna co-founder Do Kwon and five other project developers. Prosecutors also plan to contact Interpol

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US court gives Voyager green light to pay bonuses to key employees

A New York bankruptcy court has given embattled cryptocurrency brokerage Voyager Digital the green light to pay retention bonuses to key staff members.The firm filed a motion with the United States Bankruptcy Court on Aug. 2 seeking approval for its Key Employee Retention Plan (KERP) which entailed $1.9 million worth

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Crypto Lender Voyager Can Pay Employees ‘Retention’ Bonuses, US Judge Rules

"This program does not involve the senior management team, and data about these individuals would typically not exist in the public domain. We note that no creditor or shareholder or economic stakeholder has objected to the motion to seal. We provided this information to the UCC [Official Committee of Unsecured

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BlueBenx fires employees, halts funds withdrawal citing $32M hack

BlueBenx, a Brazilian crypto lending platform, reportedly blocked all of its 22,000 users from withdrawing their funds following an alleged hack that drained $32 million (or 160 million Brazilian real). While no details about the hack were made available, the company allegedly laid off most of its employees.BlueBenx joins the

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