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The
report comes days after crypto exchange FTX, which was set to
acquire Voyager's assets after signing a deal in September,
filed for bankruptcy following a liquidity crunch.
Voyager ended the deal with FTX this week and said it was in
active discussions with several alternate bidders.
The lender had filed for bankruptcy in July, months after the
crash of major crypto tokens TerraUSD and Luna that sent
shockwaves across the digital asset industry and led to the
collapse of hedge fund Three Arrows Capital, to which Voyager
was exposed.
FTX then scooped up Voyager's assets in a $1.42-billion bid at
an auction in September. Binance was also a major bidder at the
auction, the Wall Street Journal had reported previously.
Binance did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for
comment. Voyager declined to comment.
The crypto market is teetering after the collapse of FTX, which
is seeking Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the United
States.
On Wednesday, major crypto player Genesis said it had suspended
customer redemptions in its lending business while BlockFi is
reportedly preparing to file for bankruptcy.
(Reporting by Anirudh Saligrama and Niket Nishant in Bengaluru;
Editing by Dhanya Ann Thoppil and Anil D'Silva)
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