Bankruptcy


Policy

SEC Objects to Terraform’s $166M Retainer of Law Firm Dentons: Reuters

Additionally, the SEC has said that Terraform should not be allowed to hire law firm Dentons or pay litigation costs for employees, the report said.

SEC logo (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

Policy

Winklevoss Twins' Gemini Promises to Return $1.1B to Earn Customers

The pact is tied to the bankruptcy of Genesis Global Capital, Gemini's partner for its Earn program.

Gemini founders Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Policy

DCG Calls Out Subsidiary Genesis' Settlement With New York as 'Subversive'

DCG filed an objection in bankruptcy court to the deal its own subsidiary secured to end the New York attorney general's investigation of fraud and money laundering controls.

Barry Silbert. CEO & Founder Digital Currency Group (DCG)

Finance

FTX to Sell Custody Unit for $500K After Paying $10M Just Months Before Collapse

The bankrupt exchange's unit, Digital Custody Inc., which FTX bought for $10 million, sold for just $500k to CoinList.

Sam Bankman-Fried leaving court on February 16, 2023 (Liz Napolitano/CoinDesk)

Finance

Genesis Seeks Approval to Sell $1.6B in Bitcoin, Ether Trust Holdings

Nearly $1.4 billion of Genesis’ assets were held in Grayscale Bitcoin Trust (GBTC), which has since converted to a spot exchange-traded fund (ETF).

Sale (Justin Lim/Unsplash)

Policy

Celsius to Distribute $3B Crypto to Creditors as Firm Emerges From Bankruptcy

The distribution will be made through PayPal and Coinbase.

Celsius to distribute $3 billions of crypto to creditors as firm emerges from bankruptcy.

Policy

FTX Expects to Fully Repay Customers but Won't Restart Defunct Crypto Exchange

An initial surge in the FTT token after the news turned negative, leaving FTT plummeting 15% today.

Sam Bankman-Fried (Liz Napolitano/CoinDesk)

Finance

FTX Sold About $1B of Grayscale's Bitcoin ETF, Explaining Much of Outflow: Sources

BTC's price has fallen since bitcoin ETFs were approved. In theory, now that FTX is done selling its substantial holdings, the selling pressure could ease since a bankruptcy estate liquidating holdings is a relatively unique event.

FTX logo (Adobe Firefly)

Policy

Sam Bankman-Fried's Parents Ask Court to Dismiss FTX's Lawsuit Seeking to Recover Funds

Bankman and Fried, both professors at Stanford Law School, argued that Bankman did not have a fiduciary relationship with FTX .

Barbara Fried and Joe Bankman at the federal courthouse where their son, Sam Bankman-Fried, was preparing to testify on Oct. 26, 2023 (Victor Chen/CoinDesk)

Finance

Bitcoin Miner Core Scientific to Emerge From Bankruptcy, Re-List Shares This Month

The company expects to see nearly $600 million in revenue this year.

Core Scientific's Marble facility in North Carolina. (Core Scientific)