Crypto creditor Cred will still be in the mechanism of its business as it leads to bankruptcy. In a collection preliminary hearing on Friday, Judge John Dorsey of the Delaware Bankruptcy Court disallowed a gesture to assign a Chapter 11 trustee to supervise Cred’s reformation. 

The judge made the ruling with the caveat that if Cred equity owners Dan Schatt and Lu Hua make an effort to fire Cred board member Grant Lyon, who’s in the custody of Cred’s reformation, then the court will step in and employ a trustee to oversee the bankruptcy. Dorsey also had chosen an inspector, who will offer an autonomous investigation into Cred’s business. 

There’s no proof that anybody has done no matter what wrong as the bankruptcy was filed, said Paul Hastings LLP partner James Grogan, the attorney on behalf of Cred in the case. We are not here to scatter holy water on what the debtors did pre-petition. No one thinks that this company was well-run or was a model for commercial schools. 

The gesture to employ a Chapter 11 trustee was marched by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) unit that supervises the administration of bankruptcy cases. In rejecting the DOJ’s request, Dorsey offered his opinions on Cred’s mismanagement. 

Dorsey has chosen to interrupt a motion to permit one creditor to recover its crypto before the rest. The gesture was filed by UpgradeYa, an investment firm that contributed to Cred's borrowing program. The company needs the 478.17 BTC (now valued around $11 million) is used to save a $2 million loan from Cred (in fiat) before other creditors get their possessions back. 

The company trusts it is allowed to the Bitcoin now as it is UpgradeYa's property and not the estate’s. The judge may have to the law on whether the mutual Bitcoin meme- Not your keys, not your crypto relates.