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Appeals court orders an independent scrutiny of FTX bankruptcy

The federal appeals court in Philadelphia ordered that an independent examiner be appointed to scrutinize the FTX collapse. Bankruptcy court judge John Dorsey had earlier denied the trustee’s request. A federal appeals court has ordered following a three-judge bench decision that an independent examiner should scrutinize FTX’s bankruptcy case. Federal court orders for appointment of an examiner in FTX case The Associated Press reported on Tuesday that the appeals court in Philadelphia has reversed an earlier ruling denying a US bankruptcy trustee’s request for an independent examiner. US bankruptcy judge John Dorsey dismissed the trustee’s request in February last year. Judge Dorsey had agreed with FTX’s argument that an examiner’s involvement would only duplicate what new CEO John Ray III, federal agencies and the committee of unsecured creditors was doing.  FTX also argued that having an independent examiner ...

Prime Trust’s parent company reports $8m loss due to TerraUSD investments

Prime Core Technologies, the parent entity of crypto custodian Prime Trust, reports an $8 million shortfall from TerraUSD investments . The loss was disclosed in an Aug. 24 filing with the Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware in the United States. The company revealed it incurred losses of $6 million in client funds and $2 million in treasury funds through USTC investments under previous management. “Although crypto winter was not the precipitous event leading to the Receivership and these Chapter 11 Cases, the Company felt the ripple effect caused by crypto winter, which resulted in depressed revenues.” Prime Trust filing The filing attributed its investment losses and increased expenditures in October and November 2022 as key factors leading to its bankruptcy declaration.  In August, Prime Trust initiated a bankruptcy filing in the United States, revealing estimated liabilities between $100 million to $500 million, along with 25,000 to 50,000 creditors...

Winklevoss slams DCG's Silbert — Not even SBF was 'capable of such delusion'

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In an open letter, Cameron Winklevoss slammed DCG's Barry Silbert for allegedly playing the victim card while owing $1.2 billion to Gemini’s 232,000 Earn customers. Crypto exchange Gemini founder and CEO Cameron Winklevoss is again threatening to sue Digital Currency Group and its CEO Barry Silbert over delays in the resolution of Genesis for its Earn customers while slamming the CEOfor allegedly trying to play the victim card. In the July 3 “Open Letter to Barry Silbert,” Winklevoss alleged the DCG enterprise had engaged in “fraudulent behavior” via a “culture of lies and deceit” — which have come at the expense of Gemini’s 232,000 Earn users. Earn Update: An Open Letter to @BarrySilbert pic.twitter.com/ErsYpcEjQD — Cameron Winklevoss (@cameron) July 4, 2023 Among the accusations, Winklevoss’ strongly-worded letter alleges that Silbert intentionally delayed resolution through “abuse” of the mediation process, stating:  "Mediation has given DCG an indefinite forbearance on ...