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The outcome of the SEC’s lawsuit against Gemini and Genesis is expected to have significant implications for the crypto industry and its evolving regulatory landscape. Gemini crypto exchange, and Genesis, an insolvent crypto lender, have jointly filed a motion in US federal court, seeking the dismissal of the complaint filed by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) complaint against the Earn Program. The SEC alleges that the Earn Program, operated by both firms,...

The regulatory tension in the United States has caused many large crypto-focused companies to look abroad, and Gemini is no exception. The firm led by the Winklevoss twins has managed to secure a license to operate as a Virtual Asset Service Provider in Ireland. The company said it will host its European operation in Dublin. Leo Varadkar, the prime minister of Ireland, took the opportunity to formally congratulate Gemini. Gemini – the first firm registered by the Central Bank...

Gemini also plans to expand its workforce after the EU adopted the new Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulations (MiCA), which were formally approved on May 16. Cryptocurrency firm Gemini has revealed that Dublin, Ireland, will be the home of its new European headquarters. On May 25, Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss, owners of the crypto firm, told reporters that the established technology and innovation community, a strong regulatory landscape, and a huge talent pool were all factors that...

The Digital Currency Group (DCG) has been dealing with financial turmoil for several months now. Mostly, its financial issues are due to the liquidity crisis that one of its owned companies, Genesis, is facing. Internal and External Disputes Although the financial problems of the DCG Group primarily boil down to the predicament Genesis is in, some creditors – Gemini chief among them – believe the main culprit is the CEO of the DCG Group, Barry Silbert. According to the...

Gemini seeks to exact its owed payment sum from Genesis parent DCG and is working with several creditors on a forbearance plan. Gemini Trust Company LLC recently said that Genesis parent DCG missed a $630 million loan payment last week. This development is the latest occurrence in the ongoing dispute between the Cameron Winklevoss-run crypto custodian and digital currency VC firm. In January, Gemini CEO Winklevoss threatened to sue his DCG counterpart Barry Silbert, and the entire company,...

Earn Your First Bitcoin Sign up and get $12 Bonus Referral bonus up to $3,000 Sign up The effects of the 2022 bear market haven’t fully disappeared, it seems. There are many companies out there still dealing with the repercussions of those bearish ripples, the Gemini exchange in New York being a big one. Gemini Gets $100 Million from Its Founders Not long ago, it was announced that Gemini...

Amidst regulatory headwinds back home, the Winklevoss twins have doubled down their efforts to expand Gemini’s offerings to non-US residents. The new service aims to target both retail and institutional traders but will exclude users from UK and EU. Gemini Foundation – the highly anticipated non-US derivatives platform – went live on May 1st for customers in all 29 available jurisdictions, including Singapore, Hong Kong, India, Argentina, Bahamas, Bermuda, British Virgin...

The company has promised its customers that it will be expanding its derivatives offering with additional perpetual contracts, dated futures, and options in the coming weeks. One of the top traded centralized crypto exchanges, Gemini Trust Company LLC, has announced the launch of its non-United States entity to serve markets outside the European market and the United Kingdom. According to the announcement, Gemini Foundation will begin to offer individual and institutional investors a...

Gemini Earn – the Winklevoss-owned crypto exchange’s digital asset lending arm – announced on Sunday that it had agreed with Barry Silbert’s Digital Currency Group (DCG) on a mediation process to bring their bankruptcy dispute to a close.  The company said that it expects an order from Bankruptcy Judge Lane directing the mediation to arrive as early as Monday.  Gemini’s Final Resolution Per the company’s latest update, the plan arranges for two meetings to take place before...

Leading cryptocurrency exchanges Coinbase and Gemini are parts of the two consortiums set to bid for bankrupt crypto lender Celsius Network’s assets at an auction scheduled for Tuesday, the 25th of April, 2023, according to a court filing and report from Fortune. The court document revealed that the auction would be held at the New York offices of Kirkland and Ellis, the law firm handling Celsius’ bankruptcy, from 2 pm EPT. Coinbase and Gemini to Bid for Celsius’ Assets One...