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Jan. 20, 2023, 7:01 AM

Crypto Lender Genesis Files for Bankruptcy as Crisis Spreads (2)

Kevin Simauchi
Kevin Simauchi
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Suvashree Ghosh
Suvashree Ghosh
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Joanna Ossinger
Joanna Ossinger
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Cryptocurrency lender Genesis Global Holdco LLC filed for bankruptcy, the latest firm to collapse in the aftermath of the FTX exchange’s swift downfall and last year’s rout in digital assets.

The company, plus subsidiaries Genesis Global Capital LLC and Genesis Asia Pacific Pte, filed for Chapter 11 protection on Thursday in the Southern District of New York, court documents show. Genesis Global Capital listed the same range, $1 billion to $10 billion, for both assets and liabilities as well as over 100,000 creditors — the top 50 unsecured claims amount to about $3.4 billion.

Genesis’s plan is to use ...