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Episode 13: Celsius Froze $4.7 Billion Overnight — After Promising Safety
On June 12, 2022, Celsius Network froze all withdrawals without warning. Roughly $4.7 billion in customer funds—retirement savings, emergency money, and life savings belonging to ordinary people—became locked overnight.
Former FBI Special Agent Kevin Barrows breaks down how a platform that marketed itself as safer than banks and promised yields up to 18% was actually running a high-risk operation built on customer deposits. From the polished “Unbank Yourself” branding and weekly Ask Me Anything sessions to the internal Slack messages, token manipulation, and eventual arrests, this episode…
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