On July 5th, 2022, Voyager filed voluntary Chapter 11 Bankruptcy. As a result, customers lost access to the coins they held in their Voyager accounts. CoinLedger partnered with Voyager so that creditors can opt into importing bankruptcy recovery transactions into the CoinLedger platform to view, download, and report these transactions on your tax return.
In this article we’ll outline Voyager’s bankruptcy and instruct you on how you can import these transactions into the CoinLedger app. Please note that these instructions only cover importing your transactions from Voyager up until the end of 2023. Any transactions (including bankruptcy distributions) which occurred in 2024 will not be automatically imported into CoinLedger. Please see THIS GUIDE for more information.
All instructions, guidance, and information contained herein related to use of the CoinLedger app, exporting data, tax advice, or otherwise is being offered solely by CoinLedger. Such instructions, guidance, and information is not being provided by Voyager or any successors thereto. Voyager encourages all creditors to consult with their personal tax professionals regarding any questions or concerns.
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How can I import my bankruptcy transactions from Voyager?
Step 1
Sign-in to your CoinLedger account or create a new CoinLedger account if you don’t have one. Please use the same email address that you use for your Voyager account.
Step 2
Ensure your Voyager Partnership Sync is up-to-date. If you haven’t imported from Voyager recently, or if this is your first time, click the ellipses next to the account name and select Re-Sync.
Tip: if you don’t remember the date of your last import, click the clock icon shown below for a look at your Import History!
Step 3
Review your imports on the Transactions page to see the data imported from Voyager during your sync. Transactions labeled Bankruptcy Liquidation and Bankruptcy Recovery (shown below) represent the cryptocurrency that was liquidated for fiat currency (U.S. dollars).
Step 4
After completing and verifying the import of your Voyager bankruptcy recovery transactions, the corresponding transaction types will automatically populate your tax forms. Please navigate to the Tax Reports page to download your Form 8949 (used to represent your gains and losses), and use this form to self-file your taxes or forward it to your accountant.
Overview & Timeline
July 5, 2022: Voyager filed for bankruptcy and halts all transactions on its platform.
June 2023: Voyager initiates initial in-kind distribution (bankruptcy recovery) process for creditors.
September 2023: Voyager liquidates substantially all of the remaining crypto assets within customer accounts and mails U.S. dollar-denominated checks to users (i.e. record holders of general unsecured claims at the address identified in the official claims register).
In June 2023, Voyager began an in-kind distribution process (bankruptcy recovery), permitting customers to transfer approximately 35.72% of their outstanding claim amounts to external wallets. The assets that were made available for distribution were either ~35.72% of the same token that was originally deposited into the customers’ accounts or the equivalent amount of those tokens in USDC.
As a creditor, whether you received 35.72% of your original asset back or 35.72% of USDC-worth of your asset back depends on whether the asset was classified as supported or unsupported.
Note: A supported asset refers to an asset that had the ability to be directly transferred off of the Voyager platform without converting to a different cryptocurrency.
After this occurred, creditors were given a 30-day window to withdraw these assets from their Voyager accounts. All crypto that was not withdrawn during the 30-day window was thereafter liquidated to U.S. dollars. Checks for the USD liquidation value were sent to creditors beginning in September 2023.
UPDATE: August 2024: Voyager is now beginning a second wave of bankruptcy distributions to its former users as part of its bankruptcy recovery plan. These distributions will be sent out to former users in the form of USD-dominated checks. At this time, these transactions cannot be automatically imported from Voyager into CoinLedger. Any transactions (including bankruptcy distributions) which occurred in 2024 will not be automatically imported into CoinLedger. See THIS GUIDE for more information.
What does this look like in CoinLedger?
As noted earlier, CoinLedger is built to handle each of these bankruptcy events. Here is an example of what they look like in CoinLedger once imported!
If the assets were Supported assets, you will see the following imported to CoinLedger:
“Bankruptcy Recovery” — A Bankruptcy Recovery transaction reflects the original amount of an asset withdrawn from your account followed by 35.72% of the same asset deposited back into your account.
Taxability: This is treated as a non-taxable swap by CoinLedger, meaning it does not trigger a taxable disposal event. Your cost basis in the original amount of the asset will carry forward to the new amount of asset held.
“Bankruptcy Liquidation” — A Bankruptcy Liquidation transaction reflects the amount of a recovered asset being traded into the equivalent amount of U.S. dollar. This is reflected only if you did not withdraw your assets within the 30-day window. U.S. dollar recoveries were mailed out to record holders of claims via check beginning in September.
Taxability: This is treated as a taxable disposal by CoinLedger. You will incur gain or loss depending on how your cost basis in the original amount of the asset differs from the liquidated value of the U.S. dollar you received.
If the assets were Non-Supported assets, you will see the following imported to CoinLedger:
“Bankruptcy Recovery” — Reflects the original amount of an asset withdrawn from your account followed by 35.72% of the same asset deposited back into your account.
Taxability: This is treated as a non-taxable swap by CoinLedger, meaning it does not trigger a taxable disposal event. Your cost basis in the original amount of an asset will carry forward to the new amount of asset held.
“Bankruptcy Liquidation” — Reflects the amount of the recovered asset being traded into the equivalent amount of USDC. Because these assets were non-transferable, this transaction happened immediately after the recovery in June 2023.
Taxability: This is treated as a taxable disposal by CoinLedger. You will incur gain or loss depending on how your cost basis in the original amount of an asset differs from the liquidated value of USDC you received.
If you did not withdraw your USDC in the 30-day withdrawal period, you will see an additional Bankruptcy Liquidation Transaction in August 2023 exchanging USDC to U.S. dollars.
IMPORTANT NOTE: If you held VGX in your Voyager account, bankruptcy transactions will be handled slightly differently. You will see the following transactions imported:
“Bankruptcy Liquidation” — Reflects the amount of VGX being traded for 35.72% of the equivalent amount of USDC. This transaction occurred in June 2023.
Taxability: This is treated as a taxable disposal by CoinLedger. You will incur gain or loss depending on how your cost basis in VGX differs from the liquidated value of USDC you received.
If you did not withdraw your USDC in the withdrawal period, you will see another Bankruptcy Liquidation Transaction in August and September 2023 exchanging USDC to U.S. dollars.
Which assets were treated as supported (transferable) by Voyager?
The following were treated as Supported transactions by Voyager, meaning they could be directly transferred off of the platform without converting to a different currency:
ASSET
AAVE
ADA
ALICE
AMP
ANKR
APE
AUDIO
AXS
BAND
BAT
BCH
BICO
BNT
BTC
CHZ
COMP
CRV
DAI
DASH
DOGE
DYDX
ENJ
ENS
ETC
ETH
FARM
FET
FTM
GALA
GLM
GRT
JASMY
KEEP
KNC
LINK
LPT
LRC
LTC
MANA
MATIC
MKR
OCEAN
OMG
OXT
PERP
POLY
QNT
REN
SAND
SHIB
SKL
SPELL
SRM
STMX
SUSHI
TRAC
TUSD
UMA
UNI
USDC
USDT
WBTC
XRP
YFI
YFII
YGG
ZRX
How can I export my Voyager data?
You can export your Voyager transaction history by first importing into CoinLedger for free (navigate to your account settings). Select Data Tools > Export Transactions History. This will generate a CSV containing all of your imported transactions. If you import transaction history from more than one platform to CoinLedger, you can further sort the exported CSV file by platform to filter your Voyager transactions.
Your CSV transaction history file is not a filing document and can’t be used to file your tax return. We suggest purchasing and downloading the Form 8949 as detailed above in order to ensure that your bankruptcy transactions are properly accounted for.
Learn more about all the file exports available from CoinLedger here.
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