Amid the ongoing bankruptcy hearing, the now-collapsed crypto lender Celsius Network has unveiled a plan to exit the process by rebranding it into a publicly traded recovery corporation.

Celsius lawyers shared that if the plan is approved, creditors with locked assets above an unspecified threshold will receive a token called the Asset Share Token (AST). Notably, the AST to be received will reflect the value of their assets, and holders would be entitled to earn dividends or sell them on the open market.

However, the plan has received backlash from the crypto community, with commentators terming it a potential scam. In particular, a Twitter user and commentator by the pseudonym Crypto_Tolkien suggested that the reorganization is a scam while questioning the issuance of a new token instead of the users’ originally deposited cryptocurrencies. 

(By Paul L.)