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<p>Singapore’s central bank and financial regulator, the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), has handed down a nine-year prohibition order to Kyle Davies and Su Zhu, co-founders of the failed crypto hedge fund Three Arrows Capital (3AC).</p><h2 id="header-0">Severe restrictions</h2><p>The penalty relates to alleged violations of the city-state’s securities laws. The prohibition order came into effect on Wednesday, carrying severe restrictions for Davies and Zhu.</p><p>During this nine-year period, Davies and Zhu are prohibited from engaging in any regulated activities in Singapore. They are also barred from managing, serving as directors, or holding substantial shares in any capital market services business within the territory of Singapore.</p><p>Loo Siew Yee, the Assistant Managing Director of Policy, Payments, and Financial Crime at MAS, emphasized the seriousness of the violations in a<a href="https://www.sgpc.gov.sg/api/file/getfile/MAS%20Media%20Release%20-%20MAS%20issues%20Prohibition%20Orders%20against%20Three%20Arrows%20Capital%20Zhu%20Su%20and%20Kyle%20Livingston%20Davies.pdf?path&#61;%2Fsgpcmedia%2Fmedia_releases%2Fmas%2Fpress_release%2FP-20230914-1%2Fat" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"> statement</a> released by the central bank on Thursday. Yee stated:</p><p>“MAS takes a serious view of Mr. Zhu’s and Mr. Davies’ flagrant disregard of MAS’ regulatory requirements and dereliction of their directors’ duties.” She further asserted that MAS would take action against senior managers who engage in such misconduct.</p><h2 id="header-1">Securities law violations</h2><p>MAS’s decision to impose these sanctions on the 3AC co-founders was based on its findings of further securities law violations during investigations into 3AC and its founders. The regulatory authority accused Davies and Zhu of failing to inform MAS when 3AC hired a new business representative, providing false information to the regulator, and neglecting to establish an appropriate risk management framework.</p><p>3AC’s troubles stemmed from the crypto market crash that occurred last year, triggered by the Terra ecosystem’s collapse. The hedge fund’s leveraged crypto positions exposed it to billions in loan defaults, resulting in significant financial losses. Its lack of risk management had a cascading effect in crypto. Lenders like Celsius and BlockFi had exposure to 3AC, leading to further collapses later in 2022 as a consequence.</p><p>3AC’s creditors claim that the firm owes as much as $3.5 billion, and liquidators are now seeking to recover approximately $1.3 billion from Zhu and Davies, who allegedly incurred the debt when the firm was already insolvent.</p><h2 id="header-2">Regulatory reprimands</h2><p>This action by MAS follows last June’s reprimand of 3AC, which occurred just before the hedge fund filed for bankruptcy amid widely reported insolvency issues. At that time, MAS had criticized 3AC for providing false information, failing to report directorship changes involving Zhu and Davies, and exceeding the legal assets under management threshold.</p><p>It’s just the latest reprimand the duo have received from a regulator this year, though. Zhu and Davies have been busy in trying to get another start-up off the ground. Earlier this year, they launched OPNX, a crypto bankruptcy claims trading platform. The venture is based out of Dubai, and the firm reported in April that it had gotten significant VC backing.</p><p>Many of those that the company claimed were backing the venture disassociated themselves from those claims. The following month, the Dubai regulator, the Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (VARA),<a href="https://medium.com/coinmonks/dubai-regulator-issues-reprimand-to-opnx-founders-dbfb0ddc9c02" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"> reprimanded</a> the OPNX founders, having issued an investor alert relative to the firm a few weeks prior to that. VARA&#39;s complaint was that the business had been operating without having acquired the appropriate licensing.</p>

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