When Celsius CEO Bragged About Making ''Lots of Money''

Last year Celsius CEO bragged about making lots of money when BTC was down.n.

Celsius has over $200 million invested in bitcoin mining and is the largest miner in North America.

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The company had lent out $8 billion to clients and had almost $12 billion in assets under management.

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However, data shows that the exchange was never able to make a profit to prove its claim.

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Celsius had paused all its transaction earlier this month.

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Goldman Sach has decided to stake $ 2 billion Celsius to save it from bankruptcy.

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People compared it to the LUNA collapse that caused the whole market to crash.

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It was reported earlier that Alex Mashinsky tried to flee the country but Celsius has denied these allegations.

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