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    Genesis next? Brokerage struggling to source $1bn, but denies bankruptcy plans

    By Capital.com Research Team

    Edited by Charlie Mellor

    11:24, 22 November 2022

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    The potential fallout from troubles at Genesis has been spooking many market watchers – Photo: Shutterstock

    Cryptocurrency broker giant Genesis has denied imminent bankruptcy plans but has been reportedly struggling to raise a $1bn capital injection. 

    Genesis’ lending unit halted withdrawals last week after the demise of Sam Bankman-Fried’s FTX eroded investor confidence, leading to a liquidity squeeze at the brokerage.

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    FTX fallout

    The collapse of FTX – which was the world’s second-largest cryptocurrency platform at the beginning of this month – led investors to flee the cryptocurrency market. Unable to handle the exit volume, Genesis suspended withdrawals.

    Crypto platform Gemini responded by freezing withdrawals for its cryptocurrency lending program, Gemini Earn, for which Genesis was a lending partner. 

    Genesis also has $175m stuck on the FTX platform, making it one of FTX’s top 10 creditors. 

    Raising efforts

    Before resorting to the withdrawals freeze, Genesis had been seeking a $1bn emergency loan to help with liquidity, according to sources cited by The Wall Street Journal. The embattled company has now slashed its raising target to $500m, according to The Block.

    Amid the fundraising struggles, speculations about Genesis’ solvency and bankruptcy plans mount. Responding to these concerns, Genesis said it had no imminent plans to file for bankruptcy. In a media statement, it said: 

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     “We have no plans to file bankruptcy imminently. Our goal is to resolve the current situation consensually without the need for any bankruptcy filing. Genesis continues to have constructive conversations with creditors.”

    Fallout concerns

    The potential fallout from the troubles at Genesis has been spooking many market watchers because Genesis is a big player in the crypto market. 

    The brokerage is a cornerstone of the Digital Currency Group (DCG) conglomerate, founded by former investment banker Barry Silbert in 2015 after he sold a trading platform Second Market to Nasdaq (NDAQ). 

    DCG, which is valued at $10bn, has invested in some 165 crypto companies, causing concerns about repercussions for the industry in case of troubles.

    When Genesis froze withdrawals, DCG insisted that the liquidity issues concern Genesis’ lending business and not its custodian or trading business. 

    Genesis acts as a custodian for, among others, major cryptocurrency trading platform Coinbase Global Inc (COIN). DCG added:

    “Importantly, this temporary action has no impact on the business operations of DCG and our other wholly-owned subsidiaries.”

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