Failed Crypto Broker Voyager Digital Cleared to Start Repaying Customers’ Frozen Funds

  • Customers’ 36% return may go up based on FTX dispute outcome
  • Judge says nobody wanted liquidation, but is best path forward
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Failed cryptocurrency brokerage Voyager Digital Holdings Inc. won court approval to begin winding downBloomberg Terminal its operations and start repaying customers a portion of their crypto that’s been held on its platform since last year.

Judge Michael Wiles approved Voyager’s liquidation procedures Wednesday, about a month after Binance.US terminated an agreement to purchase the crypto platform and after a deal to sell itself to FTX last year fell apart. Voyager customers will get about 36% of what they’re owed but their recovery could increase if the firm succeeds in a pending disputeBloomberg Terminal with FTX, according to court documents.