Highlights

  • BlockFi listed FTX as its second-largest creditor
  • It said owes money to more than 100,000 creditors
  • The company also said it plans to lay off two-thirds of its 292 employees

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Major cryptocurrency lender BlockFi has becomes that latest lender to filed for bankruptcy, following the implosion of putative acquirer FTX.

In a court filing, New Jersey-based BlockFi said it owed money to more than 100,000 creditors. It listed crypto exchange FTX as its second-largest creditor, with $275m owed on a loan extended earlier this year. The company also said in a separate filing it plans to lay off two-thirds of its 292 employees.

The filing in a New Jersey court comes as crypto prices have plummeted. The price of bitcoin , the most popular digital currency by far, is down more than 70% from a 2021 peak.

New Jersey-based BlockFi, founded by fintech executive-turned-crypto entrepreneur Zac Prince, said in a bankruptcy filing that its substantial exposure to FTX created a liquidity crisis. FTX, founded by Sam Bankman-Fried, filed for protection in the United States this month after traders pulled $6 billion from the platform in three days and rival exchange Binance abandoned a rescue deal.

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