Uphold Cut Ties with Cred?: What Happened to CredEarn

in hive-175254 •  4 years ago 

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This image is from an email that I received today, but their website doesn't say anything else.
Business as usual...
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https://mycred.io/

It looks like nothing ever happend, but they filed bankruptcy and I heard all the assets are frozen.
I thought about doing Cred so many time. I think I signed up for it long time ago because CredEarn was part of Uphold or something?
But I never used it... fortunately.

Here is the entire email

Thank you for your outsized patience over the past two weeks. During this time, our burning desire to communicate with you conflicted with our legal obligation to remain silent until we could arrive at a clear understanding of next steps. We know this period has been concerning and stressful for you, and it has been difficult for all of us at Cred that we could not communicate more. We have been working around the clock in discussion with many parties, including insurance providers, investors, restructuring specialists, and legal counsel to understand how Cred has been impacted from recent events and what it means for you. We have come to the conclusion that it is in the best interest of our customers and all stakeholders for Cred to file for Chapter 11 of the US Bankruptcy Code.

Why Chapter 11 Bankruptcy? We can operate this process according to three principles that you deserve:

Transparency. You will have full and continuous access to every disclosure about Cred, its history, and the recent events leading to our decision to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Everyone will have the same information, and you can access all information here, by phone (1-877-739-9988), or by email ([email protected]). The self-serve portal will provide you with a frequently asked questions section, and give you a deeper understanding of the process. It will be updated with new information regularly and you can sign up to receive email alerts.

Fairness. In a bankruptcy proceeding, every customer will have the opportunity to participate in the process. There are no special deals that would favor one customer over another, and you will have an opportunity to review all documentation.

Efficiency. Chapter 11 has a well-established set of processes, and we expect to come to a resolution within a few months.

As we work through a comprehensive plan to recover assets, we will be evaluating several options, including sale of the company or company assets, restructuring, and liquidation of assets. To that end, we have added Grant Lyon to Cred’s Board of Directors to oversee the restructuring process. Grant has more than 30 years of experience in corporate restructuring, and I have great confidence in his fair and objective analysis of company operations, development of strategic plans, and liquidity alternatives that serve the best interests of Cred stakeholders. Cred has also engaged Paul Hastings LLP as its legal advisor during the Chapter 11 process , and MACCO Restructuring Group as financial advisor to evaluate M&A and other restructuring opportunities.

On a personal note, my thoughts and deepest apologies to our community, those who were willing to take a risk on us - our partners, investors, employees, and customers - for the anxiety, stress, and concern we have caused you. Many Cred employees, including myself have significant amounts of money that have been entrusted with Cred. We are committed to do whatever we can to arrive at the most favorable outcome we can for all of our customers.

Sincerely,
Dan Schatt
Co-Founder & CEO of Cred

I don't really understand the fairness or transparency because I have no idea what really happened and no explanation on their website. They tweeted about this couple times but still... what the hell happened?

Another thing I heard is that, they declared bankruptcy in Delaware which doesn't legally recognize cryptos or something. I don't know exactly what that means but they can save the company, not the customers assets???

I still remember when BlockFi got hacked... it was a very scary time, but they told us what happened and they were more "open" about what went wrong, and it was all over the crypto news.
I think what Cred is doing right now is wrong... hopefully, all the customers will get their money back at least.


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You are right that there is very little information about what went on with Cred. Just a couple of weeks before they were still happily taking our money. There appears to have been some fraud that has taken place but I cannot see any details.

The chapter 11 filing sees their assets are much less than their liabilities that doesn't make me feel that many of the investors will get their money back. Unless they can someone secure new funding whilst going through this process.

I do feel Uphold have some obligation towards users too. They promoted Cred and most of us who trusted Cred did so because of their link to Uphold.

Do let me know if you find anything else out on this case. I haven't got much crytpo with them but enough to want to try to get it back.

Agree... I think Uphold should help Cred or something because a lot of people invested money into Cred because of Uphold. They have some responsibility...

Wow, that must be scary, that you suddenly wake up one day and no longer find yourself able to get your money.
It's crazy, but it usually happens, especially in these years that have been so complex.
Not really giving more information about what happened is a big mistake.

I guess we will never know what exactly happend... for a while at least :(
It is now good for overall crypto space

I am happy that I have touched it either.

hahaha 😅😅😅 what do you use to gain more coins then?

A lot of sites, lately I started to explore MyCointainer and StakeCube.

Ah I heard of them!