Cryptocurrency news company Coindesk is seeking a buyer through investment bankers, The Wall Street Journal reported Jan. 18.

Coindesk CEO Kevin Worth told the Journal that his company has “received numerous inbound indications of interest” in recent months.

Worth did not indicate which companies are interested in buying Coindesk. However, he told the news outlet that Coindesk has engaged the financial management firm Lazard to explore a potential transaction.

The CEO also told the Journal that Coindesk could pursue a full or partial sale, meaning that DCG may not lose complete ownership of the company.

Last November, Semafor reported that several buyers — including investment firms and rival news sites — were interested in purchasing CoinDesk for upwards of $300 million.

Coindesk is currently owned by Digital Currency Group (DCG), which acquired the company in 2016 for $500,000-$600,000. Digital Currency Group also owns the troubled cryptocurrency company Genesis and several other subsidiaries.

Crypto lender Vauld secured an extension from the Singapore High Court on Jan. 17 to finalize its revival plan, Bloomberg reported.

Vauld’s creditor protection was set to expire on Jan. 20 and the lender sought to extend the protection until April 21. However, the court granted an extension only until Feb. 28.

Vauld halted customer withdrawals in July 2022 amid a market downturn and was exploring a restructuring plan. Vauld owes around $400 million to its creditors — most of whom are retail investors.

Rival Nexo intended to acquire Vauld, but the deal fell apart when Vauld rejected Nexo’s final proposal on Jan. 5, according to various reports. Shortly after the proposal was rejected, authorities raided Nexo’s Bulgarian office on Jan. 12 over alleged involvement in money laundering and other financial crimes.

Vauld is in the “advanced stages” of discussion with two crypto fund managers to take over the management of its assets, an unnamed source told Bloomberg. The aim is that the fund managers would invest Vauld’s assets and repay creditors with the investment returns.

The U.S. bankruptcy court for the Southern District of New York provided an initial greenlight for the Binance-Voyager deal on Jan. 10, Reuters reported.

Judge Michael Wiles approved the disclosure statements that explained the various aspects of the deal.

However, Judge Wiles asked the attorneys working on the deal to revise the proposed order before he gives final approval. The deal will be finalized at a future court hearing. Until then, the judge asked Voyager to seek the votes of all its creditors on the sale of its $1 billion assets to Binance.

Voyager is responding to the concerns raised by the U.S. Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS), Voyager counsel Joshua Sussberg told the court. CFIUS scrutinizes foreign investments in U.S. firms to determine national security risks.

As part of the proposed deal, Voyager will receive $20 million in cash from Binance and will transfer user accounts to the Binance.US crypto exchange. This would enable Voyager customers to withdraw 51% of their deposits at the time of the bankruptcy declaration, Sussberg said.

He added that if CFIUS blocks the deal, the lender will have to repay customers with its crypto assets at hand. This would result in lower payouts for Voyager users, Reuters reported.

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), New Jersey regulators had previously filed objections against the Voyager-Binance deal. However, the judge allowed the deal to proceed despite the objections. The judge said that the regulators will be allowed to object to the final approval of the deal in the future, Reuters reported.

Voyager had filed for bankruptcy in July, soon after the implosion of Terra-Luna and the bankruptcy of Three Arrows Capital. Voyager was initially supposed to sell its assets to FTX but the deal fell apart when the exchange declared bankruptcy.