Similar to the withdrawal panic that plagued many exchanges last year. Nexo, a cryptocurrency lender, is experiencing difficulties after Thursday’s raid of its headquarters. Nexo is reportedly being investigated by the attorney general of Bulgaria. And another 300 investigators from different authorities, as was reported on January 12, 2023. Moreover,
The Russian firm NEXO, with headquarters in Sofia, is the subject of a massive international operation for suspected fraud, sanctions violations, and money laundering. Reports indicate that prosecutors from the national security and DANS, with the assistance of foreign operatives, are conducting a raid on Nexo headquarters in the Bulgarian
A Singapore-based crypto lender Vauld announced on December 26 that the July acquisition agreement between Vauld and its rival Nexo had “not come to fruition.” In response, Nexo stated today that discussions were ongoing and that it was still hoping to close the deal. However, Vauld has until January 20
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
Nexo, a crypto borrowing and lending industry revealed on December 5 that it intends to shut off its services in the United States over the next few months. It also stated that it was halting its products and services in the United States due to a lack of regulatory clarity.
In London, a family of fintech entrepreneurs is suing Nexo, claiming that the cryptocurrency lender restricted their access to up to £107 million ($126 million) in assets and then threatened them into selling it all to Nexo at a 60% discount. City AM said that the brothers Jason and Owen
Earlier, officials in Kentucky claimed that Nexo was insolvent. Nexo created three loans and sent $530 million to MakerDao. A cryptocurrency wallet address identified as NEXO 0x8fd withdrew 7,758.8 Wrapped Bitcoin (wBTC) from MakerDAO. At the time equivalent to almost $153 million. This is only days after market experts forecast
Summit National Bank is a US federally chartered bank, founded in 1984. Customers of Summit will now have access to blockchain products. Nexo, a cryptocurrency lending platform, recently revealed that it was acquiring a stake in Summit National Bank, based in Wyoming. Taking a stake in the US federally chartered
Similar lawsuits have been filed against Nexo in Kentucky, Vermont, South Carolina, and Maryland. Similar law enforcement actions were taken against Celsius in 2021. On Monday, state securities regulators in California and several other states took action against the crypto lender Nexo, labeling the company’s Earn Interest Product (EIP) unregistered
On Monday, the company suspended operations and stopped client withdrawals. Since June 12, withdrawals totaling $197.7 million have been reported by the firm. The Singapore-based crypto lender Vauld has inked a preliminary term agreement with Nexo today. Due diligence on the proposed purchase would be conducted by Nexo within a
