“We believe Three Arrows Capital defrauded the crypto industry and intend to hold them accountable to the fullest extent of the law,” a spokesperson at Blockchain.com said in an emailed statement. “We have filed for the immediate liquidation of all global assets of Three Arrows.”
Three Arrows was reprimanded Thursday by the Monetary Authority of Singapore for providing false information and exceeding the maximum amount of money it was allowed to manage. The central bank said it has been investigating these actions since June 2021 in a statement.
The liquidation order brings down the curtain on one of crypto’s most famous hedge funds, founded in 2012 by Su Zhu and Kyle Davies, former Credit Suisse Group AG traders. Three Arrows’ assets under management were estimated to be about US$10 billion ($13.9 billion) in March, according to blockchain analytics firm Nansen. Davies told the Wall Street Journal earlier this month that it had roughly US$3 billion in assets under management in April before crypto markets crashed.
Nichol Yeo, a partner at law firm Solitaire LLP, told the Wall Street Journal that Three Arrows is considering options as it seeks legal advice in the British Virgin Islands. Yeo didn’t respond to a request for comment from Bloomberg News.
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Blockchain.com, a London-based crypto wallet provider and exchange valued at US$14 billion in March, said it remains liquid and solvent with a strong financial position, and customers won’t be affected.
Deribit, whose parent company counts Three Arrows as a shareholder, has said on Twitter it remains financially healthy despite having a net debt that it considered potentially distressed. Three Arrows’ woes have hit firms such as crypto broker Voyager Digital Ltd., which has issued a notice of default to the fund.
