Celsius Custody customers finally begin withdrawals 263 days after freeze

Some Celsius customers have reported having the ability to withdraw funds from the bankrupt crypto agency for the primary time, some 263 days after the lender froze withdrawals within the lead-up to its chapter submitting.

According to quite a few social media posts, as of Mar. 2, sure customers who held funds in Celsius’ Custody accounts have been overjoyed that they had been finally in a position to withdraw their funds from the lender.

Glad to be one of many few to get their a reimbursement in nearly one piece. Hoping everybody else will obtain theirs in due time

— richieroyce.eth (@Richie_Royce) March 2, 2023

Customers report they acquired an electronic mail a number of weeks in the past itemizing those that had been eligible to take away their funds, earlier than receiving one other on Mar. 2 noting withdrawals may very well be processed.

While some customers who whitelisted wallets forward of their withdrawal try acquired their funds inside minutes, others pointed to massive delays.

A backlog of withdrawal makes an attempt appears to have constructed up, nevertheless, with some claiming that withdrawal requests are being transformed into assist tickets which might take some days to course of, because of “too many requests and not enough staff.”

On Jan. 31, Celsius revealed particulars on who was eligible to withdraw, with customers who had solely ever held funds in custody accounts in a position to at present withdraw 94% of their original funds.

The custody accounts had been solely accessible to United States residents. The withdrawals are restricted to those customers a lot to the frustration of customers with funds in different accounts supplied by Celsius.

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Custody account holders might but be capable of get again the opposite 6%, pending future courtroom hearings.

Customers who had transferred funds from the earn or borrow applications to a custody account are apparently in a position to withdraw 72.5% of their funds at this cut-off date, as much as a most of $7,575.

The lender had first introduced they would be freezing withdrawals on Jun. 13, 2022, citing “extreme market conditions,” earlier than submitting for chapter on Jul. 13.