Crypto Lender Vauld Faces Debt-Plan Deadline as Takeover Talks With Nexo in Limbo

  • Months of negotiations on acquisition have failed so far
  • Vauld needs to present restructuring plan by Jan. 20

A Nexo booth during the Bitcoin 2022 conference in Miami, Florida.

Photographer: Eva Marie Uzcategui/Bloomberg
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Acquisition talks between crypto lenders Nexo and Vauld haven’t yet resulted in an agreement, as Vauld stares down a Jan. 20 deadlineBloomberg Terminal to present a restructuring plan to creditors.

Discussions with Nexo “had unfortunately not come to fruition,” Vauld wrote Monday in an email to creditors. Nexo said that it had submitted a revised proposal for the acquisition to Vauld on Dec. 2. In a letter to Vauld creditors, it cited “challenges” during the months of talks, including “defamation” and “the spread of misinformation on social media.”