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According to Bloomberg, BlockFi’s creditor committee said in a newly published report that this crypto lender executives ignored their risk management team’s repeated warnings about not granting large loans to Alameda Research.
The report attributed the failure of BlockFi to the fault of CEO Zac Prince and other senior executives. The creditors’ findings were published on Friday.
The commission said that as early as August 2021, the crypto lender had a copy of Alameda’s balance sheet showing that the company relies heavily on FTT, a digital token created by FTX. Alameda’s overreliance on FTT “has raised alarm bells at BlockFi,” but Prince ignored those concerns.
The report quoted Prince as saying in an email that Alameda represents “the biggest/most obvious growth opportunity we have.”
In addition to being accused of ignoring warning signs from FTX, the commission also stated that BlockFi’s business is “fundamentally flawed” as it needs riskier investment partners to turn a profit high for customers.
This means that BlockFi can only do business with a few companies, such as Alameda, that can turn a profit high enough. And just a few days ago, BlockFi released its investigative report, saying that management conducted due diligence before providing loans to FTX.
The failed crypto lender had approximately $1.2 billion in assets tied to FTX and Alameda Research when it filed for bankruptcy in November 2022.
The lending platform directly cited FTX exposure as the reason for filing for bankruptcy. FTX’s FTT token-based mortgage lending has left many companies on the hook after the token price fell from more than $25 to less than $2 amid Chapter 11 filings and reporting issues.
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