Gemini's Winklevoss Claims Fraud, Calls for Removal of DCG Chief
Cameron Winklevoss, the co-founder of crypto exchange Gemini, launched an attack on Genesis, a crypto lender, saying the lender defrauded his company and more than 340,000 clients.
The FTX fallout created financial troubles for Genesis in November, as it had around $175 million in funds locked up with FTX.It suspended redemptions and new loans due to the collapse of FTX, and following the news, crypto exchange Gemini, founded by the Winklevoss twins, announced delays in withdrawals from its Earn product, in which Genesis is a lending partner. Gemini's Earn product allows its customers to generate yields by lending their crypto assets to a borrowing counterparty.
The FTX contagion continued to spread through the market, and now Genesis is on the brink of collapse, heading toward bankruptcy. The situation is certainly not good for Gemini since Genesis owes its customers more than $900 million.
After receiving no concrete assurance, the Winklevoss twins slammed Genesis' parent company, Digital Currency Group.
«There is no path forward as long as Barry Silbert remains CEO of DCG,» Winklevoss wrote in the open letter. «He has proven himself unfit to run DCG and unwilling and unable to find a resolution with creditors that is both fair and reasonable.»
He claimed DCG failed to repay Gemini, making Gemini unable to repay its customers. The letter from Winklevoss said Silbert had one week to repay Gemini holders before matters escalated.
Silbert said that DCG had delivered a proposal to Genesis and advisers for Winklevoss on Dec. 29, 2022, but didn’t receive a reply. He added, «DCG has never missed an interest payment to Genesis and is current on all loans outstanding.»
Since FTX collapsed in November 2022, DCG and some of its
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