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Crypto hedge fund Three Arrows Capital has filed for Chapter 15 bankruptcy in a New York court.

The firm, according to court documents, is seeking protection as creditors seek to recoup funds through existing and pending legal action.

On June 27, 2022, the Debtor commenced a liquidation proceeding before the BVI Court, and that court has appointed the Foreign Representatives as joint liquidators of the Debtor.

By filing the Petition to commence this chapter 15 case (the “Chapter 15 Case”), the Foreign Representatives seek to stay active efforts by individual creditors to seize assets and to preserve the status quo and afford the Foreign Representatives an opportunity stabilize the Debtor’s estate, preserve the Debtor’s assets, and conduct a complete investigation of the Debtor, claims against its estate, and its assets, including causes of action." "Without the relief requested herein, creditors may pursue a value-destructive race to the courthouse to exercise rights in a manner that would enhance their own position vis-à-vis other similarly situated creditors.

Such a turn of events, would undermine the very purpose of the BVI Proceeding: to establish an orderly, value-maximizing liquidation of the Debtor’s assets for the benefit of all creditors," the petition stressed.

The document also notes that one of 3AC's creditors has initiated arbitration proceedings against it, and is currently seeking "emergency relief to seek to conserve the Debtor’s assets, or, alternatively, freeze the Debtor’s assets pending an arbitration of its claims." The creditor is not named, though they are identified as having begun those proceedings in New York City.