Due to extreme market conditions, today Celsius Network team is announcing that Celsius is pausing all withdrawals, Swaps, and transfers between accounts. They said they are taking this action today to put Celsius in a better position to honor, over time, its withdrawal obligations.
This literally means investors whose funds are in Celsius Network will not be able to access their funds or investment, nor gain interest as the hostage is still on. The entire crypto community is hoping that Celsius doesn’t turn out to be the next LUNA.
Claiming that they are acting in the interest of their community which is their top priority. In service of that commitment and to adhere to their risk management framework, they have activated a clause in their Terms of Use that will allow for this process to take place. Celsius has valuable assets and they are working diligently to meet its obligations.
Read the released Memo to the entire Celsius Network Community
A Memo to the Celsius Community
We are writing with a very important message for our community.
Due to extreme market conditions, today we are announcing that Celsius is pausing all withdrawals, Swap, and transfers between accounts. We are taking this action today to put Celsius in a better position to honor, over time, its withdrawal obligations.
Acting in the interest of our community is our top priority. In service of that commitment and to adhere to our risk management framework, we have activated a clause in our Terms of Use that will allow for this process to take place. Celsius has valuable assets and we are working diligently to meet our obligations.
We are taking this necessary action for the benefit of our entire community in order to stabilize liquidity and operations while we take steps to preserve and protect assets. Furthermore, customers will continue to accrue rewards during the pause in line with our commitment to our customers.
We understand that this news is difficult, but we believe that our decision to pause withdrawals, Swap, and transfers between accounts is the most responsible action we can take to protect our community. We are working with a singular focus: to protect and preserve assets to meet our obligations to customers. Our ultimate objective is stabilizing liquidity and restoring withdrawals, Swap, and transfers between accounts as quickly as possible. There is a lot of work ahead as we consider various options, this process will take time, and there may be delays.
We thank the incredible Celsius community for your support today. It is our pleasure to serve you. Our operations continue and we will continue to share information with the community as it becomes available.
Sincerely,
The Celsius team
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About Celsius Network
Celsius (CEL) is an all-in-one banking and financial services platform for cryptocurrency users. Launched in June 2018, it offers rewards for depositing cryptocurrency, along with services such as loans and wallet-style payments.
Users of the platform receive regular payouts and interest on their holdings. Celsius’ native token, CEL, performs a variety of internal functions, including boosting user payouts if used as the payment currency.
Celsius originally came into being as the product of creators Alex Mashinsky and Daniel Leon in 2017.
Mashinsky has a long-running history in the internet development sphere, having worked on the Voice Over Internet Protocol (VOIP) in the 1990s and other technologies since. Celsius is far from Mashinsky’s first corporate venture, with seven startups and 35 patents to his name, the project’s official website states.
Co-founder and COO Daniel Leon meanwhile have experience focusing on growing early-stage startups. His previous roles include being CEO of Atlis Labs, a social recommendation and discovery app which used real-time user referrals. Celsius now has a large team of core employees, technical developers, and advisors with experience in various spheres.
Celsius aims to outperform banks at their own game by offering financial services on the kind of terms that traditional financial institutions no longer offer. These include much higher rates of returns on savings and deposits, much easier and fairer loan requirements, and automated rewards computed for each user algorithmically. Penalties and bank-style fees are also waived.
The platform also functions as a wallet via its CelPay feature and hosts its own CEL token which users can leverage to increase payout value among other things. As a for-profit company, Celsius takes a cut of profit margins on interest payments, still returning 80% to users themselves. The company also lends to institutional entities such as hedge funds.
Payments are ensured because loans are asset-backed, and any borrower must supply more than 100% of what they borrow in the destination currency.