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Three Arrows Liquidators Seize $35M, Seek $30M More for 'Much Wow' Superyacht

Posted by Andries Van Tonder on December 03, 2022 - 12:32pm

Three Arrows Liquidators Seize $35M, Seek $30M More for 'Much Wow' Superyacht

But the bust firm’s co-founders still aren’t cooperating, a Friday document shows.

By Mat Di Salvo

Three Arrows Capital's "Much Wow" superyacht. Image: Sanlorenzo/Boat International

Liquidators for collapsed crypto hedge fund Three Arrows Capital (3AC) today said they seized $35.6 million in cash held by the failed firm in Singaporean banks.

They also managed to recover a couple million more from token sales, and want clearance from a court to get $30 million from the sale of the firm's "Much Wow" superyacht.

In a Friday filing in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in the Southern District of New York, court-appointed liquidator Teneo said they started to take control of assets held by 3AC or its pre-appointment lawyers. Liquidators added that they also recovered $2.8 million from forced redemptions of investments—as well as an unspecified amount of 60 different crypto tokens and NFTs. 

Three Arrows Capital went bust in July after a court in the British Virgin Islands ordered it to liquidate. The Singapore-based firm, which invested client money in new crypto ventures, was hit hard by the collapse of crypto project Terra in May. 

Teneo said in Friday’s document that although 3AC’s founders, Su Zhu and Kyle Davies, have been speaking to the media, they have largely ignored liquidators.

The High Court of the Republic of Singapore this week ordered co-founders Zhu and Davies to cooperate and submit affidavits outlining their dealings with the company. 

Teneo claimed that 3AC founders “repeatedly failed to engage” with liquidators—including a Zoom meeting where they kept their video off and microphones muted throughout the call. 

“Singapore counsel provided email addresses to contact the Founders; however, the Founders and their counsel have not been responsive to Liquidators’ communications,” Friday’s document read. 

The liquidator's presentation also addressed the company's so-called superyacht, which Su and Davies called "Much Wow"—a nod to the Doge meme. Teneo said it has filed a claim in the Cayman Islands for the yacht's liquidation for $30 million.

Three Arrows is one of many high-profile crypto companies crushed by this year’s brutal bear market, which has caused nearly every digital asset to plunge in price, taking major firms and platforms with it. 

 

Andries Van Tonder Thank you Bill & Neal for your comments. Always appreciated
December 4, 2022 at 8:32am
The Neal and Janet Brown Family Trust This is all too often true, Bill. They get to a level where they become part of the top 0.01% of incomes and they suddenly seem to believe they are above the law ....
December 4, 2022 at 7:27am
Bill Rippel WOW!! Interesting story. Seems to be all the big boys with way to much money are nothing but crooks.
December 3, 2022 at 2:47pm
The Neal and Janet Brown Family Trust Far too many crypto companies did exactly what traditional investment companies do in bull markets: Borrow too much, relying on the market to continue going up. This is most definitely not a Crypto centric crisis but rather an issue endemic to all major investment arenas. Until these companies stop hyperextending their business finances the failure of companies "too big to fail will continue to fail. Before the crypto market can fix this problem, it needs to be addressed globally for all types of investments and their requirements for maintaining adequate reserves. Banks are allowed to use far too great of a percentage of the funds on deposit for mortgages, small business loans, giant corporation loans and etc., and this operational philosophy must be altered to better protect the people who have their deposits spreaad out across innumerable different loans, and if there was to be a "run on key banks" the system would collapse in on itself in a matter of minutes to hours st best. If the credit card companies decide that they must be in Cryptocurrencies because the banks are going to be losing clients faster than they could ever imagine in their worst nightmares and they will not be able to satisfy the demands for client's funds and the FDIC, and NCUA so-called insurance providers will also be overrun with demands for reimbursement for bank failures. It will be an absolute bloodbath,and we who are crypto savvy or at least crypto literate must feather our crypto nests now while we can. We should also be reaching out to Visa/ MC / AMEX / DISCOVER / DINERS / Etc. and push all of them AGGRESSIVELY to impress upon them how critically important it is that every big credit card provider implements a crypto centric credit card immediately. They will need to negotiate with the larger exchanges, DEXs , DAOs, etc. so they will be able to serve clients needs as a percentage of the population abruptly terminates all traditional accounts and instead focuses on crypto cards instead ...
December 3, 2022 at 1:28pm