Court documents that describe the insolvency of failed crypto hedge fund Three Arrows Capital, also known as 3AC, may be overestimating the value of the firm’s remaining assets — specifically, its exposure to crypto options exchange Deribit.
In a 1,100-page affidavit composed by liquidator Russell Crumpler and filed in a British Virgin Islands court, 3AC was described as “insolvent” and in need of being completely “wound up” because "Its management cannot be trusted to retain any remaining assets for the benefit of creditors." The documents also detailed 3AC’s remaining assets, which included shares of Grayscale Bitcoin Trust (GBTC), cryptocurrencies Bitcoin (BTC), Avalanche (AVAX) and Near (NEAR), and shares of Deribit. Liquidators want access to these assets in order to facilitate creditors’ claims, which are worth at least $2.8 billion.
Total claims right now are $2.8bn. Many have not made any claims yet, or quantified the amount of their claims for confidentiality reasons. Expect this figure to rise substantially as the deadline to make a claim is right up to the day before distributions are to be made
According to the affidavit, the Deribit shares are believed to be worth $500 million, or half of 3AC’s remaining assets. However, a source with knowledge of the matter told Cointelegraph that the value of 3AC’s Deribit shares is closer to $25 million rather than $500 million, suggesting that creditors will be left holding the bag on their loans to the failed hedge fund.
According to the source, who chose to remain anonymous, the discrepancy between the two amounts is due to the type of exposure 3AC has to Deribit. They claim that 3AC does not directly own shares in Deribit but instead owns shares in a Singapore Special
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