Nuri, a German crypto exchange, has filed for insolvency due to the prolonged bearish market cycle, which has come to be known as the crypto winter.
Nuri is the latest victim of the crypto winter, which has claimed many exchanges and businesses since it began in early 2018. The Nuri exchange was first launched in 2017 and allowed users to trade a variety of different cryptocurrencies. However, due to the bearish market conditions, Nuri was unable to continue its operations and has now filed for insolvency.
However, even though insolvency often leads to bankruptcy, according to Reuters, unlike other platforms and investment funds that halted customer withdrawals, Nuri users will still be able to move their funds.
Nuri Is The First German Crypto Company To be Insolvent
As Handelsblatt points out, Nuri is the first German cryptocurrency company to file for insolvency after failing to find any short-term venture capitalists interested in helping them overcome the damages caused by the infamous “crypto winter.”
According to Nuri, the crash of the crypto market and the collapse of the crypto lending service Celsius Network were the main reasons that led the company to file for insolvency. Nuri had strong businesses with Celsius.
“This challenging environment has had a lasting impact on the business development of Nuri GmbH and has now led the management to file for insolvency at the Berlin District Court.”
Nuri’s collapse could usher in more restrictive measures for Germany-based cryptocurrency companies, as the company operated without a banking license thanks to its partnership with Solarisbank, a German-licensed technology company with branches in Spain, Italy, and France.
Crypto Winter Continues to Drag Companies into Bankruptcy
For a couple of months now, the crypto winter has been wreaking havoc on large crypto companies, with a lot of influential businesses laying off staff and even shutting down for good.
The first and most prominent one was Three Arrows Capital (3AC), a Singapore-based crypto hedge fund, which filed for bankruptcy following the crash of Terra and its stablecoin UST, which wiped nearly half a billion dollars from the crypto market.
The crash of 3AC eventually dragged with it Celsius Network, one of the most significant cryptocurrency investment funds in the ecosystem, which had to file for bankruptcy after running a $1.19 billion deficit on its balance sheet after reaching a valuation of more than $3 billion.
The bankruptcy of 3AC and Celsius Network was the tip of the spear that pierced through other crypto companies such as Voyager Digital, BlockFi, and now Nuri, which despite having been in full swing during the previous months, failed to overcome the brutal hit of both companies.
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