**[Celsius Co-Founders to Pay Over $6 Million in Settlement to FTC]** Odaily Planet Daily reports that Celsius co-founders Shlomi Daniel Leon and Hanoch "Nuke" Goldstein have been ordered to pay over $6 million to the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to settle allegations of misleading claims about platform security prior to the collapse of the Celsius platform. Goldstein, who served as Celsius' Chief Technology Officer, is required to pay $2.014 million according to an order signed Monday by U.S. District Judge Denise Cote. Leon, who was Celsius' Chief Strategy Officer, is required to pay $4.1 million under a separate order filed on June 29. The FTC stated that Celsius had claimed to hold sufficient reserves to meet withdrawal demands, maintain $750 million in insurance to cover customer deposits, and refrain from issuing unsecured loans. The FTC alleged these assurances were false and that executives continued to assert the safety of customer deposits just days before the company filed for bankruptcy. At its peak, Celsius held $25 billion in assets but owed users $4.7 billion when it filed for bankruptcy in July 2022. The orders also prohibit Leon from marketing or selling products or services that allow for the deposit, exchange, investment, or withdrawal of assets, and prohibit Goldstein from marketing or selling retail products or services for cryptocurrency trading.