{"id":23766,"date":"2023-09-18T10:30:57","date_gmt":"2023-09-18T14:30:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coincentral.com\/?p=21794"},"modified":"2023-09-28T13:27:04","modified_gmt":"2023-09-28T17:27:04","slug":"blockfi-vs-celsius-network","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coincentral.com\/blockfi-vs-celsius-network\/","title":{"rendered":"BlockFi vs. Celsius Network: Reviewing Two Bankrupt Crypto Interest Accounts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/coincentral.com\/blockfi-review\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">BlockFi<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> vs. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/coincentral.com\/celsius-network-review\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Celsius Network<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> was a popular head-to-head comparison between cryptocurrency interest accounts.\u00a0 From 2018 to 2021, both providers were largely considered the blue chips of cryptocurrency interest accounts.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\">In June 2022, Celsius Network froze all customer withdrawals and transfers, and declared bankruptcy a month later. In November 2022 BlockFi\u00a0 blocked all customers from withdrawing their assets due to its complex financial relationship with FTX and FTX affiliate hedge fund Alameda Research November 2022.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Both BlockFi and Celsius failed for different reasons, preventing depositors from withdrawing their funds and dragging them through lengthy bankruptcy proceedings.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The following comparison piece explores BlockFi versus Celsius <strong>as they functioned prior to shutting down in 2022.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Celsius<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. was a\u00a0 NYC-based company regarded as a cryptocurrency lending and borrowing pioneer. It has raised $93.8M in venture capital, private equity, and an ICO for its native token CEL. Celsius claims it\u2019s \u201c<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/celsiusnetwork.medium.com\/celsius-network-is-nothing-like-blockfi-heres-why-2f933412a51f\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">nothing like BlockFi&#8221;<\/span><\/a> in a now-deleted blog article.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">B<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">l<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ockFi, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0a New Jersey-based company raised $508.7M in venture capital from over 30 investors.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Both BlockFi and Celsius were centralized companies that use decentralized assets, hence being Centralized Finance \u201cCeFi,\u201d rather than Decentralized Finance \u201cDeFi.\u201d <\/span><b>Both companies took custody of user&#8217;s cryptocurrency.\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So, how did BlockFi and Celsius stack up?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Let\u2019s explore.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You can read a full breakdown of each individual platform on our <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/coincentral.com\/blockfi-review\/\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">BlockFi review<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/coincentral.com\/celsius-network-review\/\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Celsius review<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, &amp; interviews (<\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/coincentral.com\/alex-mashinsky-voip-to-moip\/\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2018<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/coincentral.com\/crypto-interest-account-pioneer-alex-mashinsky-and-takes-on-big-finance\/\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2020<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">)\u00a0 with Celsius CEO, Alex Mashinsky, and an overview of the <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/coincentral.com\/best-cryptocurrency-interest-account\/\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">cryptocurrency interest account<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> industry.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Feature #1: Interest Rates\u2013 BlockFi vs. Celsius APY<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><b>BlockFi offered 5% on the first 0.5 bitcoin,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> 2% between 0.5 and 20 BTC, and then 0.5% on any amount over that.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Celsius offered 6.2% for the first 2 BTC, and then 3.51%.\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_21796\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21796\" style=\"width: 2224px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-21796\" src=\"https:\/\/coincentral.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Screen-Shot-2021-05-06-at-2.35.03-PM.png\" alt=\"Bitcoin APY on Celsius\" width=\"2224\" height=\"1116\" 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class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bitcoin APY on Celsius<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><b>BlockFi offered 4.5% on 15 Ethereum,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> 2% between 15 and 1000 ETH, and then 0.5% on any amount over that.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Celsius offered 5.5% for any amount of Ethereum.<\/b><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Stablecoins:<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">BlockFi <b>offered<\/b> <\/span><b>a flat 8.6%<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on popular stablecoins like USDC and GUSD, and 9.3% on USDT.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_21799\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21799\" style=\"width: 2420px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-21799\" src=\"https:\/\/coincentral.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Screen-Shot-2021-05-06-at-2.39.35-PM.png\" alt=\"BlockFi stablecoin interest account\" width=\"2420\" height=\"946\" srcset=\"https:\/\/coincentral.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Screen-Shot-2021-05-06-at-2.39.35-PM.png 2048w, https:\/\/coincentral.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Screen-Shot-2021-05-06-at-2.39.35-PM-591x231.png 591w, https:\/\/coincentral.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Screen-Shot-2021-05-06-at-2.39.35-PM-621x243.png 621w, https:\/\/coincentral.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Screen-Shot-2021-05-06-at-2.39.35-PM-300x117.png 300w, https:\/\/coincentral.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Screen-Shot-2021-05-06-at-2.39.35-PM-874x342.png 874w, https:\/\/coincentral.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Screen-Shot-2021-05-06-at-2.39.35-PM-768x300.png 768w, https:\/\/coincentral.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Screen-Shot-2021-05-06-at-2.39.35-PM-1536x600.png 1536w, https:\/\/coincentral.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Screen-Shot-2021-05-06-at-2.39.35-PM-600x235.png 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2420px) 100vw, 2420px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-21799\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">BlockFi stablecoin interest account<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Celsius <b>offered<\/b> a <\/span><b>flat 8.88%<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on <\/span><b>all stablecoins.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How Did BlockFi and Celsius Make Money?<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Neither platform disclosed a full transparent breakdown of its lending strategies, with their logic being to avoid the omnipresent threat of competitors leeching off their strategies.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">On one hand, Celsius Founder Alex Mashinsky would regularly make claims that Celsius is extremely safe and conservative with customer funds, and all of which was found to be false. In a lawsuit against Mashinsky, the New York attorney general claimed Mashinsky defrauded billions of dollars from investors by concealing the true poor health of the company. Mashinsky was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/crypto-lender-celsius-ceo-alex-mashinsky-arrested-sued-by-regulators-5169ff4d\">arrested in July 2023.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Comically, in a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/celsiusnetwork.medium.com\/celsius-network-is-nothing-like-blockfi-heres-why-2f933412a51f\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2019 Celsius blog post<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,\u00a0 Mashinsky warned BlockFi customers that BlockFi may use venture capital funds to sustain its interest rates; if the VC money dried up, so would the potential interest rates. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Celsius claimed to lend to cryptocurrency exchanges and hedge funds looking to borrow funds, and it distributes 80% of profits directly to holders of its native token, CEL.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">\u00a0Alternatively, BlockFi&#8217;s collapse was less due to the same intentional deceipt as Celsius, but rather a complex relationship with FTX and Alameda Research. BlockFi had also ceased all BlockFi Interest Account offers in February 2022, about 9 months before declaring bankruptcy in November 2022.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Feature #2: Payouts and Withdrawals<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><b>BlockFi paid out monthly,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> while <\/span><b>Celsius paid out weekly.\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>BlockFi <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">allowed for <\/span><b>one free cryptocurrency withdrawal per month, Celsius <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">allowed for<\/span><b> unlimited free cryptocurrency withdrawals\u2013 that is until they suddenly prevented all of their users from withdrawing their money.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Feature #3: Security\u2013 Is BlockFi or Celsius Network Safer?<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Technically speaking, both BlockFi and Celsius were structurally safe on paper. <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Celsius used BitGo\u2019s multi-signature wallets to secure user funds. BitGo has a $100M insurance policy spread over all its clients.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">BlockFi used Gemini and BitGo as its primary custodians. Both Gemini and BitGo have private insurance on their deposits.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>However, none of this really helped any users retrieve their funds.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Further, neither BlockFi nor Celsius were covered by FDIC insurance.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Feature #4: Standout Features<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><b>Celsius was mobile-only,<\/b> and\u00a0<b>BlockFi had both a mobile and web app.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Celsius\u2019s native token CEL<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> rewarded CEL holders with a proportional share of 80% of their profits. International users can also gain an APY boost of around 2%, but this option wasn\u2019t available for U.S. users, who must \u201cEarn in Kind.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">BlockFi was slowly growing its ecosystem beyond just cryptocurrency lending and borrowing. Its most notable standout feature was its<\/span>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/coincentral.com\/blockfi-credit-card-review\/\"><b>BlockFi Credit Card<\/b><\/a><b>, which got users 1.5% back in bitcoin on all purchases.\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_21656\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21656\" style=\"width: 2048px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-21656\" src=\"https:\/\/coincentral.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Screen-Shot-2021-03-19-at-4.21.16-PM.png\" alt=\"Bonuses from BlockFi's credit card landing page\" width=\"2048\" height=\"901\" srcset=\"https:\/\/coincentral.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Screen-Shot-2021-03-19-at-4.21.16-PM.png 2048w, https:\/\/coincentral.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Screen-Shot-2021-03-19-at-4.21.16-PM-591x260.png 591w, https:\/\/coincentral.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Screen-Shot-2021-03-19-at-4.21.16-PM-621x273.png 621w, https:\/\/coincentral.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Screen-Shot-2021-03-19-at-4.21.16-PM-300x132.png 300w, https:\/\/coincentral.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Screen-Shot-2021-03-19-at-4.21.16-PM-874x385.png 874w, https:\/\/coincentral.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Screen-Shot-2021-03-19-at-4.21.16-PM-768x338.png 768w, https:\/\/coincentral.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Screen-Shot-2021-03-19-at-4.21.16-PM-1536x676.png 1536w, https:\/\/coincentral.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Screen-Shot-2021-03-19-at-4.21.16-PM-600x264.png 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-21656\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bonuses from BlockFi&#8217;s credit card landing page<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Court of Public Opinion: BlockFi vs. Celsius Reddit<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Oof, yeah, you&#8217;d be hard-pressed to find anyone with kind words to say about Celsius or its Founder. BlockFi is less-so held in contempt, but both companies are generally viewed as stains on the cryptocurrency industry.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, during operation, both BlockFi and Celsius had ardent supporter bases, and their comparisons were largely civil.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One popular <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/blockfi\/comments\/kfoyrn\/blockfi_vs_celsius\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Blockfi vs. Celsius Reddit thread<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on r\/BlockFi captured the discourse well: many users leaned towards <\/span><b>Celsius for its higher interest rates<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, others<\/span><b> prefered BlockFi\u2019s more conservative lending and investment approach<\/b>e<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">s. A<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_21800\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21800\" style=\"width: 2252px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-21800\" src=\"https:\/\/coincentral.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Screen-Shot-2021-05-06-at-2.40.33-PM.png\" alt=\"BlockFi and Celsius Reddit\" width=\"2252\" height=\"1260\" srcset=\"https:\/\/coincentral.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Screen-Shot-2021-05-06-at-2.40.33-PM.png 2048w, https:\/\/coincentral.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Screen-Shot-2021-05-06-at-2.40.33-PM-591x331.png 591w, https:\/\/coincentral.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Screen-Shot-2021-05-06-at-2.40.33-PM-621x347.png 621w, https:\/\/coincentral.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Screen-Shot-2021-05-06-at-2.40.33-PM-300x168.png 300w, https:\/\/coincentral.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Screen-Shot-2021-05-06-at-2.40.33-PM-804x450.png 804w, https:\/\/coincentral.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Screen-Shot-2021-05-06-at-2.40.33-PM-768x430.png 768w, https:\/\/coincentral.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Screen-Shot-2021-05-06-at-2.40.33-PM-1536x859.png 1536w, https:\/\/coincentral.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Screen-Shot-2021-05-06-at-2.40.33-PM-600x336.png 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2252px) 100vw, 2252px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-21800\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">BlockFi and Celsius Reddit<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Final Thoughts: BlockFi vs. Celsius<\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong>Editor\u2019s note: In June 2022 Celsius Network froze all customer withdrawals and transfers, and declared bankruptcy a month later. We will update this guide as the dust settles.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\"> By November 2022, BlockFi had no choice but to block all customers from withdrawing their assets due to its complex financial relationship with FTX and FTX affiliate hedge fund Alameda Research.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0BlockFi vs. Celsius Network was a popular head-to-head comparison between cryptocurrency interest accounts.\u00a0 From 2018 to 2021, both providers were largely considered the blue chips of cryptocurrency interest accounts.\u00a0 In June 2022, Celsius Network froze all customer withdrawals and transfers, and declared bankruptcy a month later. 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