{"id":162394,"date":"2023-09-25T18:22:41","date_gmt":"2023-09-25T12:52:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/?p=162394"},"modified":"2023-09-25T18:22:41","modified_gmt":"2023-09-25T12:52:41","slug":"techcrunch-founder-arrington-steps-down-from-new-celsius-board-over-constitution-disagreement-crypto-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/techcrunch-founder-arrington-steps-down-from-new-celsius-board-over-constitution-disagreement-crypto-news\/","title":{"rendered":"TechCrunch founder Arrington steps down from new Celsius board over constitution disagreement &#8211; Crypto News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p class=\"s3\">Arrington Capital founder Michael Arrington stepped down from his position as a <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/new-celsius-2-0-company-to-be-led-by-former-algorand-ceo\/\">board<\/a> member of the new company that will take over the operations of bankrupt crypto lender Celsius.<\/p>\n<p>Arrington revealed that Ravi Kava would replace him on the new company\u2019s board. Kava is a partner at Fahrenheit and an investor and advisor at the Arrington-owned hedge fund, Arrington Capital. A Sept. 23 court filing has <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/cases.stretto.com\/public\/x191\/11749\/PLEADINGS\/1174909242380000000001.pdf\">confirmed<\/a> this change.<\/p>\n<h2>Arrington explains decision<\/h2>\n<p>In a Sept. 24 <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/arrington\/status\/1705940251158430176\">post<\/a> on X (formerly Twitter), Arrington explained that he was leaving his position due to disagreements over board constitutions and board observers. The TechCrunch founder declined to provide additional information on why he left the board, saying his statement was \u201cheavily edited by attorneys.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"s3\">Despite leaving the board, Arrington said he would continue to support the deal and participate in other ways apart from being on the board of directors. He added:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cApart from not joining the board of directors, our investment and active advisory role via Fahrenheit will go on as planned.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Meanwhile, community members have <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/CelsiansNetwork\/status\/1705944410112840116?s=20\">suggested<\/a> that Arrington left the board due to the addition of Simon Dixon as an observer. Dixon is the CEO of Bnk to the Future and <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/binance-bank-to-the-future-among-secret-bidders-of-celsius-assets-tiffany-fong\/\">one of the largest creditors<\/a> of the bankrupt company. He is one of the leading voices in the bankruptcy process and has <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/9-month-recovery-plan-for-celsius-announced-by-lead-investor-bnk-to-the-future\/\">proposed measures<\/a> to help the defunct firm.<\/p>\n<p>In a post on X, Dixon responded to Arrington, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SimonDixonTwitt\/status\/1705838695956275222?s=20\">saying<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">\u201cOne day, this story will be told by <\/span><span class=\"r-18u37iz\">@FahrenheitHldg, <\/span><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">as this is their election. For now, welcome to <\/span><span class=\"r-18u37iz\">#NewCo<\/span><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\"> board, Ravi. <\/span><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">\u00a0I wish you the best, Michael Arrington<\/span><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">. Feel free to unblock me. No offence taken. Onwards &amp; Upwards. Nothing but love<\/span><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\"> from me.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h2>US Trustee objects to Celsius reorganization plan<\/h2>\n<p>Meanwhile, a Sept. 24 court <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/cases.stretto.com\/public\/x191\/11749\/PLEADINGS\/1174909242380000000011.pdf\">filing<\/a> showed that the U.S. Trustee objected to the reorganization plan filed by Celsius.<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. Trustee stated that Celsius\u2019s plan contains \u201crelease and exculpation provisions that are<br \/>\noverbroad and contain prospective parties and activities\u201d despite the revision recommendations it made to the company.<\/p>\n<p>Due to this, the U.S. Trustee said it \u201creserves all rights, claims, arguments, defenses, and<br \/>\nremedies with respect to confirmation of the Plan.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/techcrunch-founder-arrington-steps-down-from-new-celsius-board-over-constitution-disagreement\/\">TechCrunch founder Arrington steps down from new Celsius board over constitution disagreement<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\">CryptoSlate<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Arrington Capital founder Michael Arrington stepped down from his position as a board member of the new company that will take over the operations of bankrupt crypto lender Celsius. Arrington revealed that Ravi Kava would replace him on the new company\u2019s board. Kava is a partner at Fahrenheit and an investor and advisor at the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":162395,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[230,225,221,227,226,228,229,60,223,224,222],"class_list":["post-162394","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cryptocurrency","tag-brave","tag-coinbase","tag-crypto","tag-decentralised","tag-decentralized","tag-decentralized-exchange","tag-erc-20","tag-featured","tag-meme-coin","tag-robinhood","tag-solana"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162394","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=162394"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162394\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":162397,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162394\/revisions\/162397"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/162395"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=162394"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=162394"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=162394"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}