BlockFi to sell $160M in Bitcoin miner-backed loans: Report
The deadline for bidders to submit offers for the Bitcoin-machine-backed loans is set for Jan. 24. Bankrupt crypto lending firm BlockFi has plans to sell off $160 million in loans backed by around 68,000 Bitcoin mining machines as part of bankruptcy proceedings, according to reports. In a Bloomberg report on Jan. 24, two people “familiar with the matter” claim that BlockFi started the process of selling off the loans last year. The crypto lender filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in Nov. 2022, citing its significant exposure to the now-defunct crypto exchange FTX for its downfall. However, some of these loans have already defaulted since then and could be undercollateralized given the decline in the price of Bitcoin mining equipment, according to the sources, adding the last day for bidders to submit offers for the loans is Jan. 24. In comments to Cointelegraph, crypto lawyer Harrison Dell, director at Australian Law firm Cadena Legal explained that if Bitcoin Mining equipment used as co...