Voyager Digital’s marketing of deposit accounts comes under FDIC scrutiny (OTCMKTS:VYGVF)

The Federal Deposit Insurance policies Corporation (“FDIC”) is investigating Voyager Digital’s (OTCQX:VYGVF) promoting on the safety of its client deposit accounts for crypto buys, the Wall Road Journal documented Thursday, citing a particular person with expertise on the matter.

The FDIC’s inquiry arrives as account holders of Voyager Electronic (OTCQX:VYGVF), a crypto broker and loan provider that went bankrupt on July 6 amid a wide crypto sector downturn, figured out earlier in the week finished July 8 that they probably will not be ready to recoup 100% of their crypto.

When Voyager (OTCQX:VYGVF) suspended withdrawals on $350M in purchaser deposits because of to liquidity difficulties, all those cash are anticipated to be absolutely compensated back again to shoppers, but crypto assets held at the enterprise is a distinctive tale, people common with the matter advised the WSJ.

Yet, Voyager (OTCQX:VYGVF) had promised that shopper deposit accounts are guarded by the FDIC for up to $250K. “Your USD is held by our banking lover, Metropolitan Business Lender, which is FDIC insured, so the hard cash you keep with Voyager is secured,” in accordance to Voyager’s web site.

The dilemma is the client accounts are only qualified to be insured in the party of the banks’ failure, Metropolitan Business Bank said, as claimed by the WSJ. So, account holders will not likely be safeguarded as a result of Voyager’s personal bankruptcy.

Towards the end of June, Voyager Digital issued a default detect to bankrupt crypto hedge fund Three Arrows Funds.