Genesis


Markets

Bitcoin Slumps Below $63K, Altcoins Rekt, as Crypto Succumbs to Risk Off Mood

Likely also hitting prices was the movement of nearly $2 billion of BTC and ETH in wallets linked with Genesis Trading.

A trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (Michael Nagle/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Policy

DCG, Top Executives Renew Push to Get New York AG’s Civil Fraud Suit Dropped

The late-night messages NYAG alleged were evidence of a fraudulent conspiracy were, according to DCG’s lawyers, “lawful, good-faith efforts by DCG to support a subsidiary.”

DCG CEO Barry Silbert (CoinDesk archives)

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New York AG Pushes Back Against DCG, Silbert’s Motion to Dismiss Fraud Case

NYAG has accused Gemini, Genesis, and DCG of conspiring to cover a $1 billion hole in Genesis’ balance sheet caused by the implosion of Three Arrows Capital.

DCG CEO Barry Silbert (CoinDesk archives)

Policy

Gemini Announces Full Recovery of Earn Users' Digital Assets

In-kind recovery of Gemini Earn users' funds means they'll get 232% of the value of their assets back.

Money (Alexander Mils/Unsplash)

Policy

NYAG Takes Victory Lap as Court Approves Genesis Settlement

NYAG says the settlement will establish a fund for New Yorkers who invested more than $1.1 billion in Genesis through the Gemini Earn program and blocks Genesis from operating in the state.

New York Skyline (Lukas Kloeppel/Pexels)

Videos

Genesis Set to Return $3B to Creditors; Craig Wright Lied to UK Court 'Extensively': Judge

"CoinDesk Daily" host Jennifer Sanasie breaks down the biggest headlines impacting the crypto industry today, as Judge James Mellor released his written judgment on the Craig Wright case, stating that the Australian has lied "extensively and repeatedly" in his evidence. Plus, Genesis will return roughly 77% of customer assets in a liquidation plan, and a Nigerian court denies Binance executive Tigran Gambaryan's bail application.

Recent Videos

Markets

Genesis Set to Return $3B Customer Assets in Finalized Bankruptcy Liquidation Plan

Bankruptcy claims began trading at 35% of account balance value when they were initially listed on claim trading marketplace Xclaim.

Genesis (Spencer Wing/Pixabay)

Finance

Genesis Completes Redemption of GBTC Shares, Buys 32K Bitcoins with Proceeds

The company in February got permission from a New York bankruptcy court to sell approximately 36 million shares of Grayscale's Bitcoin Trust.

Genesis has unloaded its entire stake in GBTC (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Policy

Genesis to Pay SEC $21M Penalty to Settle Charges Over Gemini Earn Product

The settlement comes days after a New York judge denied motions by Genesis and crypto exchange Gemini to stop the SEC case.

SEC logo (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

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Gemini and Genesis Can Be Sued by SEC Over Defunct Earn Product, Judge Rules

The judge found that the SEC’s complaint “plausibly alleges” that the two crypto firms offered and sold unregistered securities via Gemini Earn.

SEC logo (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)