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Finance

Grayscale CEO Michael Sonnenshein Steps Down, to Be Replaced by TradFi Veteran

Sonnenshein's replacement will be Peter Mintzberg, currently head of strategy for asset and wealth management at Goldman Sachs.

Michael Sonnenshein (CoinDesk)

Markets

Genesis Set to Return $3B Customer Assets in Finalized Bankruptcy Liquidation Plan

Bankruptcy claims began trading at 35% of account balance value when they were initially listed on claim trading marketplace Xclaim.

Genesis (Spencer Wing/Pixabay)

Finance

DCG's Barry Silbert Pitched Genesis-Gemini Merger in a Drastic Bid to Save the Lender in 2022

Silbert’s motion to dismiss the New York Attorney General’s $3 billion lawsuit contains emails from around the time 3AC failed and the Genesis and Gemini loans business began to seize up.

DCG CEO Barry Silbert (CoinDesk archives)

Finance

Digital Currency Group Files for Dismissal of New York Attorney General’s Lawsuit

The crypto firm's boss, Barry Silbert, also filed a motion to dismiss the Attorney General’s accusation that he concealed losses at the firms and so cheated customers and investors.

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

Finance

Digital Currency Group Reports Q4 Revenue of $210M, Up 59% Y/Y (Full Text)

Fourth quarter EBITDA was $99 million versus a loss of $7 million a year earlier.

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

Consensus Magazine

Barry Silbert Navigated Fallout From 2022's Crypto Scandals

The former owner of CoinDesk faced a slew of lawsuits and complications in 2023, but by year-end, his Digital Currency Group had put some issues behind it.

Digital Currency Group's Barry Silbert (Mason Webb/CoinDesk)

Policy

Genesis-DCG Propose to Settle Lawsuit: Bankruptcy Filing

DCG has paid about $227.3 million to Genesis so far and plans to pay another $275 million it owes by April.

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

Policy

Genesis Sues Gemini to Recover 'Preferential Transfers' Worth $689M

Genesis and Gemini have been embroiled in a public and legal feud since the collapse of FTX.

Genesis (Spencer Wing/Pixabay)

Finance

Crypto Exchange Bullish Completes Purchase of CoinDesk: WSJ

Bullish, which is run by former NYSE President Tom Farley, bought 100% of CoinDesk from crypto-focused investor DCG in an all-cash deal

(Pixabay)

Videos

Two Genesis Creditors Describe Their Frustrations With the Bankrupt Crypto Lender

In this week's episode of Unchained, two Genesis creditors discuss their dealings with the lender and DCG, including the sales pitch that got them to give Genesis new loans after the 3AC debacle. CoinDesk and Genesis are both owned by DCG.

Unchained