Crypto Exchange Gemini’s Cameron Winklevoss Tweets $1.5B ‘Final Offer’ in Debt Talks for Bankrupt Genesis

CryptoX – Cryptocurrency Analysis and News Portal Cameron Winklevoss, co-founder of the Gemini crypto exchange, tweeted what he described as a “final offer” in the debt-restructuring talks over the bankrupt digital-asset firm Genesis, bringing months of negotiations and mediation to a head with a plan for $1.5 billion in forbearance payments and fresh loans. Original Source The post Crypto Exchange Gemini’s Cameron Winklevoss Tweets $1.5B ‘Final Offer’ in Debt Talks for Bankrupt Genesis appeared first on CryptoX. CryptoX Portal

Tether has $1.5B in Bitcoin reserves: BDO Italia

BDO Italia’s latest attestation report for Tether revealed that Bitcoin made up approximately $1.5 billion of the stablecoin issuer’s reserves, or roughly 2% of the total, at the end of the first quarter. The accounting firm did not list Bitcoin (BTC) as a line item in previous reports. Without much fanfare, Tether has started reinvesting some of their profits/excess reserves into Bitcoin. How much have they acquired in Q1, you ask? Just around 52,670. pic.twitter.com/NI3N0oICOz — girevik (@girevik_) May 10, 2023 Precious metals were also given their own line item in…

Bitcoin sell-off next? Binance BTC balance shoots up $1.5B in one month

Bitcoin (BTC) traders may be gearing up for a sell-off as data shows tens of thousands of coins moving to exchanges. The latest figures from on-chain monitoring resource Coinglass confirm that global trading volume leader Binance’s BTC balance rose by over 50,000 BTC ($1.5 billion) in the past 30 days. Binance takes lion’s share of exchange BTC balance increase With BTC/USD setting multi-month highs regularly since mid-March, the temptation to sell for both long-term (LTHs) and short-term holders (STHs) has no doubt increased. As Cointelegraph reported, actual selling pressure has…

Paxos Courts MakerDAO With Paying Yield for Holding Up to $1.5B USDP Stablecoin

USDP is a dollar-pegged stablecoin one-to-one backed by cash and cash-equivalent U.S. government debt instruments, according to independent attestations. Both Paxos and USDP are regulated by the New York Department of Financial Services (NYDFS), the state’s leading financial regulatory agency. Effectively, Paxos would pass a part of the revenue earned on the government bonds backing USDP to Maker. Source

Executives from $1.5B South Korean crypto exchange fraud jailed

Six executives involved in the $1.5 billion (2 trillion won) South Korean crypto exchange fraud V Global have received prison sentences of up to eight years — but three were not detained so they could fight certain charges in court. V Global operated between July 2020 and April 2021, roping in around 50,000 investors by promising 300% returns alongside sizable payments for referring new customers. According to a translation of Dec. 26 reports from South Korean media outlets such as Economist.co.kr, two high-ranking execs, named Mr.Yang and Mr. Oh, got…

Over $1.5B in BTC withdrawn in one week

Bitcoin (BTC) has flooded out of exchanges in the past week as users become wary of security and regulatory scrutiny. Data from on-chain monitoring resource Coinglass shows United States exchanges in particular seeing heavy BTC balance reductions. U.S. exchanges lead BTC exodus In the wake of the FTX scandal, efforts to draw attention to the risk involved in custodial BTC storage stepped up on social media. Users appeared to heed the warning, withdrawing over $3 billion in cryptocurrency in the week immediately following the solvency debacle and ordering record numbers…