Crypto Biz: Crypto broker goes bankrupt, Bitcoin miner capitulates and China VC funding soars

cointelegraph.com:

Those of us anxiously awaiting a summer relief rally for Bitcoin (BTC) may have to wait a little while longer. The bear market is still cleansing us of our excess — and revealing the most toxic players in our industry. I’ve talked to you about Terra, Celsius, Three Arrows Capital, BlockFi— what about Voyager Digital? The crypto broker filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy this week, putting hundreds of thousands of creditors on high alert. 

This week’s Crypto Biz newsletter dissects Voyager’s bankruptcy proceedings and offers some potentially good news regarding Celsius. We also look at the latest high-profile miner to force-sell their Bitcoin and chronicle new capital raises for one of China’s most prominent venture firms.

Celsius appears to be inching closer to repaying its outstanding debt to Maker protocol after the crypto lender posted $142.8 million worth of Dai (DAI) stablecoins over a four-day period. Celsius paid back another $34.4 million in DAI on July 5, effectively boosting its collateralization ratio and significantly lowering its liquidation price to below $3,000 worth of Bitcoin (BTC). In other words, Bitcoin’s price would now need to fall below $3,000 for Celsius to default on its loan. Although some observers took the news as cautious optimism that Celsius is headed in the right direction, the firm hasn’t issued any new updates in weeks and user withdrawals are still frozen as of June 13.

Another one bites the dust: Crypto broker Voyager Digital filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in the Southern District Court of New York mere days after the firm halted all trading activity. Voyager’s bankruptcy filing stated that the firm owed more than 100,000 creditors anywhere from $1 billion and $10 billion in assets. If