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Crypto clients beg for their cash back after lender’s crash
Celsius and its CEO Alex Mashinsky had billed the platform as a safe place for people to deposit their crypto currencies in exchange for high interest, while the firm lent out and invested those deposits.But as the value of highly volatile crypto currencies plummeted -- bitcoin alone has shed over 60 percent since November -- the firm faced mounting troubles until it froze withdrawals in mid-June.