Gemini sues Genesis for $1.6b GBTC shares ownership
Gemini wrote to a federal judge asking the bankruptcy court to invalidate any claims Genesis has to a trove of Grayscale Bitcoin Trust (GBTC) shares in an ongoing dispute between both the two crypto entities. The lawsuit filed on Oct. 27 seeks ownership over some 60 million GTBC shares offered as collateral by Genesis Global, a now-defunct crypto lender under the Digital Currency Group (DCB) umbrella and Gemini’s former partner for its Earn program. Gemini said the GBTC shares worth $1.6 billion “would completely secure and satisfy the claims of every single Earn User”, around 340.000 users left stranded since Genesis froze withdrawals in late 2022. The complaint comes amid Genesis’ bankruptcy proceedings and Gemini noted that the beleaguered crypto lender might repay its creditors with assets rightly belonging to Earn customers. Genesis and Gemini remain locked in a legal wrestling match following FTX’s implosion. Several marquee crypto entities fell into insolvency around th...