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@geniusmusing Actually, regulation has little to do with it. They became unsecured creditors, just like they would in a similar business that didn't involve cryptocurrency.
Besides the ToS, there's also the "not your keys, not your crypto" aspect. There are "M of N" wallets, where moving funds would require a certain number of depositors to sign off. Celsius didn't do that, so they intentionally sought to act more like a bank.
The worst part of all is that the move to steal the deposits is meant to extend the company's life one month longer. They'll still run out of funds and have to convert from Chapter 11 to Chapter 7, because they have not come up with a way forward that keeps them operating, and after this move, anyone who has deposited with them will quickly move whatever is left away, while no other depositors will come to them.
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@gnu2 These people sought to "invest" their #cryptocurrency in interest-bearing accounts. Now, I haven't done any crypto investing, but my impression is that there are some smart contracts that one can use without turning control over to a company in order to lend & receive interest. But seeing that the ToS / ToU language appears to be widespread, people should be *immediately* trying to redeem & withdraw their funds.
But you are correct that giving control to someone else is a mistake. (Indeed, even #FTX customers could only have lost money to the extent that they didn't immediately sweep their funds out of FTX's custody.)