An American bankruptcy court overseeing the insolvency of cryptocurrency lender Celsius Network has directed the return of about $44 million in digital currency. Judge Martin Glenn’s decision, as reported by Bloomberg, would affect a very tiny portion of the total client money kept by Celsius that has never been used
Following the release of its Ethereum Smart Staking solution, Nexo saw a 5.3% increase in the value of its native coin. Nexo’s Ethereum Smart Staking allows users to convert ETH for Nexo Staked ETH (NETH) and get staking incentives of between 4% and 12% APY, paid out in NETH. According
Andreessen Horowitz, better known as a16z, a crypto venture capital company, has announced that Brian Quintenz will now serve as its full-time head of policy. After serving as a commissioner of the CFTC under both Obama and Trump. Quintenz initially joined a16z in September 2021 as a senior adviser. During
The exclusivity period for defunct cryptocurrency lender Celsius was extended until February 15, 2023. With the court’s OK, the struggling cryptocurrency lender has a few more months to submit a Chapter 11 reorganization plan. Two court sessions on December 6 resulted in the permission to prolong the term of exclusivity.
Morgan Stanley warned in a study published on Monday that Silvergate Capital (SI) faces a variety of risks due to the turmoil in the cryptocurrency industry after the bankruptcy of the crypto exchange FTX. Wall Street bank team led by analyst Manan Gosalia slashed Silvergate shares ratings to underweight from
Just now, the Ethereum-based DeFi liquidity provider, Balancer ($BAL) revealed a report on its TVL (Total Value Locked) which is estimated to be $1.56 billion. The Balancer is one of a well-known Decentralized “Automated Market Makers” (AMMs) on the Ethereum network that lets users quickly swap tokens and be rewarded
After the demise of FTX, the blockchain-based institutional capital marketplace Maple Finance declared on the 5th that it will sever all links with Orthogonal Trading due to the alleged falsification of finances. Maple Finance claims that the decision was made because Orthogonal Trading had been “operating while effectively insolvent” for
Bankrupt FTX subsidiary business Alameda Research made its largest venture investment in Genesis Digital Assets, a cryptocurrency mining firm. On December 3rd, Bloomberg released documents showing that in less than nine months, Genesis Digital had raised $1.15 billion from Alameda. Injection of funds took place between August 2021 and April
According to a Dec. 3 Financial Times report citing people familiar with the subject. Crypto lender Genesis and its parent firm Digital Currency Group (DCG) are believed to owe $900 million to Gemini’s consumers. Furthermore, the problem originated with the shocking FTX crash in November. In cooperation with Genesis, the
The liquidators of Three Arrows Capital (3AC) have publicly criticized the company’s co-founders, Zhu Su and Kyle Davies. For their refusal to cooperate during the restoration of cash to creditors. Liquidator Teneo, appointed by a court in the British Virgin Islands, has frozen $35.6 million in Three Arrows Capital’s Singapore
