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Another crypto company has recently fallen victim to the FTX contagion. As reported by Reuters, BlockFi, a cryptocurrency lender and financial services firm filed for bankruptcy protection on Monday. On November 11, the same day FTX filed for bankruptcy, BlockFi first stopped allowing withdrawals.
“We, like the rest of the world, found out about this situation through Twitter. We are shocked and dismayed by the news regarding FTX and Alameda,” BlockFi wrote in a letter at that time. A few weeks ago, the company had stated it had $256.9m in cash on hand, which should be enough to fund continued operations. Additionally, it stated that platform operations are currently suspended.
BlockFi stated on its website a few days after FTX filed for bankruptcy that it was unable to conduct normal business, acknowledged that it had “significant exposure” to FTX, and would evaluate efforts to recover “all obligations owed to BlockFi.”
“We do have significant exposure to FTX and associated corporate entities that encompasses obligations owed to us by Alameda, assets held at FTX.com, and undrawn amounts from our credit line with FTX.US. While we will continue to work on recovering all obligations owed to BlockFi, we expect that the recovery of the obligations owed to us by FTX will be delayed as FTX works through the bankruptcy process,” BlockFi said in the November update.