Sun, November 17

Genesis’ Lending Arm Halted Withdrawals After Failing To Raise $1B

According to a report by WSJ, cryptocurrency lender Genesis attempted to obtain a $1 billion loan from investors to prevent a liquidity constraint caused by the impact of the bankruptcy of cryptocurrency exchange FTX. Genesis required the credit by Monday at 10 am EST. Because of “abnormal withdrawal requests which

November 18, 2022 1 min read

Crypto Market Maker B2C2 Offers Purchasing Loans From Genesis

After Genesis, a troubled crypto lending service halted client withdrawals on Wednesday, prominent cryptocurrency market maker B2C2 decided to help. Max Boonen, the founder of B2C2, tweeted minutes after the trading firm’s statement, “B2C2Group wishes to extend an offer to purchase loans from Genesis Trading’s book to alleviate the current

November 17, 2022 1 min read

Tether Admits To Have Zero Exposure To Genesis Global

In reaction to the news that exchange withdrawals were being frozen, Tether released a brief statement on November 16 stating that it has no risk to interest-bearing Gemini Earn. Or the institutional crypto lender Genesis Global. USDT was hoping to set itself apart from other crypto organizations that were experiencing

November 17, 2022 2 mins read

Crypto Lending Arm of Genesis Suspends Withdrawals

On Wednesday, interim CEO Derar Islim said that Genesis Global Trading’s lending division has temporarily halted withdrawals and new loan originations in the aftermath of FTX’s bankruptcy. Genesis Global Capital, the division in charge of servicing institutional clients, has $2.8 billion in outstanding loans as of the end of the

November 16, 2022 1 min read

$140 Million Financial Injection Received by Genesis Trading

On November 10th, Genesis Trading said that its parent firm, Digital Currency Group, will inject an additional $140 million in equity funding into the business. To “strengthen its balance sheet” and “position itself as a worldwide leader in crypto capital markets,” the business said it made this choice. The financial

November 13, 2022 1 min read

Crypto Trading Company Genesis Reveals Frozen Funds on FTX

Genesis Trading, the market maker and lending arm of Digital Currency Group, disclosed that its derivatives division had over $175 million funds stored in an FTX trading account. Also, the trading company confirmed that it has no ongoing business ties with FTX or Alameda Research, the cryptocurrency trading company run

November 11, 2022 2 mins read

Genesis Trading’s Q3 Report Below Par Amid Sluggish Market

Genesis saw a precipitous 44% drop in spot trading volume. There were a total of $4.9 billion in active loans in the 2022 third quarter. Genesis Trading, a cryptocurrency brokerage, has released a new analysis detailing the effects of the current market drop on the cryptocurrency loan sector. Genesis originated

October 30, 2022 1 min read

Genesis CEO Steps Down While Broker Announces 20% Layoff

DCG, or Digital Currency Group, owns Genesis and is headquartered in New York.  Derar Islim, who joined the business in 2020, is filling in for Moro. Some of the largest companies in the market have had to scale down their expansion plans as a result of the ongoing crypto winter

August 18, 2022 1 min read

Genesis CEO Revealed the Cover About Three Arrows Capital

Genesis CEO, Michael Moro posted a tweet thread revealing their cover on the Three Arrows Capital (3AC). Previously in June, Genesis declared that a major participant was unable to repay the margin and they have dealt with it accordingly. 1/ As part of our goal in providing transparency to the

July 7, 2022 1 min read

Binance NFT Launches First Series of ‘Mystery Box’

Binance NFT Launches First Series of ‘Mystery Box’ Featuring 16 collectible ‘tokidoki’ characters. “100 Creator” program will also make its launch. On Thursday, the Binance NFT Marketplace will launch the first series of ‘Mystery Boxes’, with the first premium auction titles ‘Genesis’ and the recently announced ‘100 Creators’ program.   However,

June 23, 2021 3 mins read