Celsius Customers Are Losing Hope for Their Locked-Up Crypto

It has been three weeks since crypto lender Celsius Network LLC took the drastic step of halting clients’ withdrawals. Many persons are beginning to surprise if they are going to ever see their cash once more.

Alla Driksne says she has six figures value of bitcoin and ethereum—her life financial savings—tied up in a Celsius account. On June 12, a Sunday, the corporate said it had paused customer withdrawals, saying it wanted “to stabilize liquidity and operations.” Ms. Driksne couldn’t sleep for two days.