Genesis Finally Files for Bankruptcy, Nexo Settles with SEC

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Market Update
Genesis Finally Files for Bankruptcy, Nexo Settles with SEC

Walter Teng

Vice President of Digital Asset Strategy

  • Traditional markets opened higher despite the headline risk of more layoffs within the tech sector. Google parent company Alphabet announced 12k layoffs, joining Amazon (18k), Microsoft (10k) and Meta (11k). Reflecting the market's confidence in leaner tech's lower OPEX, SPX, QQQ and NDAQ are trading 0.8%, 1.5%, and 0.3% higher than yesterday's close. Digital asset markets are also continuing their leg up after perceiving Bitzlato's money-laundering charges as a no-event on Wednesday - BTC and ETH are 2.2% and 3.3% higher over the past day. Over the last week, FXS (+59%) and CRV (+38%) have benefitted from the LSD narrative and rumors of a native stablecoin, while MANA (+57%) and ENJ (+39%) experienced short squeezes.    
  • After rumors of insolvency, Genesis Global (a holding company) and lending subsidiaries Genesis Global Capital and Genesis Asia Pacific filed for Chapter 11 late yesterday. Genesis Global Trading was not included in the filing, although its OTC desk made more than $100m in withdrawals to various counterparties last evening. Interim CEO Derar Islim attributed the restructuring to FTX and Three Arrows Capital, adding that they had $150m in cash to fund the process. The lending business has been identified as the largest unsecured creditor of FTX, owed $226.3m in total. Pulsar Global, Larry Qian, and Wintermute are also amongst the largest creditors of FTX. Genesis owes over $3.5b to its top 50 creditors, which include Gemini through the Earn program, trading firm Cumberland, and VanEck's New Finance Income Fund. Gemini co-founder Tyler Winklevoss regarded the bankruptcy filing as a 'crucial step' towards recovering Gemini Earn's user funds but does not insulate DCG from prior wrongdoings, adding intentions to sue unless Silbert makes a fairer offer to creditors.
  • Nexo Capital, a British crypto lending firm, has been charged by the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for selling unregistered securities and for failing to register with the SEC before offering its crypto lending product, "Earn Interest." The SEC imposed a $22.5 million penalty on the company and another $22.5 million to settle with state regulators. The company will cease to offer the Earn Interest program after settlement. The announcement comes after Bulgarian authorities had said they had evidence of Nexo customers using the platform for illegal activities, including money laundering, "tax offenses," and financing terrorist activities, claims the company denies. The company previously acquired a stake in Summit National Bank after receiving cease-and-desist orders from several US states, before ultimately winding down its American operations after hitting a 'dead end' with regulators.  


Daily Technical Strategy
Genesis Finally Files for Bankruptcy, Nexo Settles with SEC

Mark L. Newton, CMT

Head of Technical Strategy

Cosmos's 3% gains Friday are helping to recoup more than half of the damage that occurred after last week's peak. However, more needs to happen to expect ATOMUSD is beginning a larger rally. Daily charts show the massive consolidation pattern that's been in place since last September 2022 peaks. This pattern is largely considered to be a corrective ABC type formation from an Elliott-wave perspective and should give way to breakouts in the months ahead. Near-term, exceeding $14 is imperative to breaking out of this large consolidation. Near-term, one can't rule out weakness into late January, though dips to $10.30-$10.90 would constitute attractive areas to add to longs, technically speaking. Intermediate-term upside targets lie near Sept 2022 peaks near $17.10 and then near $20.

Daily Important Metrics

Crypto Size

Bullish signal is tied to the crypto market growing

Market Cap $981B +$9.6B (+0.98%)

BTC Dominance   41.45% (+0.04%)

Stable Coins

Increase in circulating stablecoins is a Bullish signal

In Circulation $66B (+0.00%)

In Exchanges $17B (-0.42%)

BTC Metrics

A decrease in Bitcoin on exchanges is bullish, indicates investors are moving coins to cold storage

# BTC in Exchanges 2.3M (0.50%)

Funding Rates

Positive funding rates indicate traders are Bullish

Aggregate 0.0011% (-0.0080)

Binance 0.0003% (-0.0085)

Bitfinex 0.0008% (0.0008)

Bitmex 0.0003% (-0.0085)

ByBit -0.0132% (-0.0232)

Deribit -0.0001% (-0.0005)

Huobi 0.0100% (0.0000)

Kraken -0.0023% (-0.0124)

Mean 0.0011% (-0.0080)

OKex 0.0001% (-0.0101)

SENTIMENT

Genesis Finally Files for Bankruptcy, Nexo Settles with SEC

BMI: 62 (-3.13%)

Futures All Exchanges

A positive spread between Futures Prices and Spot Prices is Bullish

CME BTC Price $21,115 (0.02%)

Spot Basis   $6.39 (0.03%)

Volume 757,539 (-58%)

Open Interest  358,113 (2.53%)

Options All Exchanges

Higher open interest change in a bull market is bullish for the sector

Volume 23,522 (-29%)

Open Interest 277,626 (2.02%)

Volume Put/Call Ratio 0.3996 (-43%)

Open Interest Put/Call Ratio 0.4595 (-1.29%)

All metrics as of January 20, 2023 11:55 AM
Crypto Prices
SymbolMarket CapLast PriceDaily ChangeYear to DateRelative to BTC YTD
BTC$407B$21,1091.53%27%
ETH$191B$1,5591.98%30%2.70%
ADA$12B$0.33841.97%37%9.67%
DOGE$11B$0.08130.92%16%-12%
MATIC$8.3B$0.95202.14%25%-2.51%
SOL$7.9B$21.362.23%116%88%
DOT$6.8B$5.831.85%34%6.75%
LINK$3.3B$6.502.02%17%-10%
NEAR$1.8B$2.091.89%64%37%

All prices as of January 20, 2023 9:50 AM

Exchange Traded Products (ETPs)
SymbolPremium to NavLast PriceDaily ChangeYear to DateRelative to BTC YTD
GBTC-40%$9.80-0.81%18%-9.21%
BITW-52%$7.997.97%49%21%
ETHE-48%$7.3614%55%27%
BTCC-0.00%$3.528.31%16%-11%

All prices as of January 20, 2023 2:50 PM

Stocks
SymbolMarket CapLast PriceDaily ChangeYear to dateRelative to BTC YTD
PYPL$216B$79.781.58%12%-15%
SQ$76B$71.800.18%14%-13%
COIN$65B$47.558.59%34%6.94%
SBNY$18B$117-0.58%1.58%-26%
HOOD$15B$9.043.20%11%-16%
MSTR$6.1B$2107.91%48%21%
SI$4.2B$13.7513%-21%-48%
MARA$3.5B$7.0331%106%78%
RIOT$2.7B$6.1515%81%54%
MOGO$223M$0.820021%55%28%

All prices as of January 12, 2023 4:00 PM

News
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MARKET DATA
Genesis Owes Over $3.5B to Top 50 Creditors
CoinDesk
Genesis has over 100,000 creditors between the of its companies that declared bankruptcy.
THOUGHTS AND OPINIONS
Ether Capital CEO: The ‘age of tokenization’ of real-world assets is coming
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REGULATION
Crypto Lender Nexo to Pay $45M, Cease Offering EIP in Settlement With SEC
CoinDesk
Nexo began offering its Earn Interest Product to U.S. customers in June 2020.
FUNDRAISING AND M&A
Sports NFT Firm Candy Digital Raised Over $38M Amid Founder Strife
CoinDesk
An SEC filing reveals the offering weeks after reports that Fanatics would unload its 60% stake.
Neopets Meta raises $4m in funding from Polygon Ventures, Blizzard Avalanche
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Web3 gaming investors are backing the revamp of 90s virtual pet game Neopets. The post Neopets Meta raises $4m in funding from Polygon Ventures, Blizzard Avalanche appeared first on The Block.
Y Combinator leads $4.3 million round for multichain wallet Cypher
The Block
 The equity deal, which closed in June, also saw participation from OrangeDAO, Samsung Next and Balaji Srinivasan.  The post Y Combinator leads $4.3 million round for multichain wallet Cypher appeared first on The Block.
SSV DAO Starts $50M Fund to Push Ethereum's Decentralization Plan
CoinDesk
The fund announcement follows SSV's $2 million grant distribution last year to help teams develop staking projects on Ethereum.
Castle Island, a16z partners back Escape Velocity’s $25 million fund
The Block
Escape Velocity, a crypto venture firm founded by two 27-year-olds, has raised a $25 million fund backed by prominent VCs. The post Castle Island, a16z partners back Escape Velocity’s $25 million fund appeared first on The...
Web3 credential protocol Gateway raises $4.2 million 
The Block
Gateway, a web3 credential protocol, raised $4.2 million in a seed funding round led by Reciprocal Ventures. The post Web3 credential protocol Gateway raises $4.2 million  appeared first on The Block.
Koinos announces $500K seed round led by Blockchain Founders Fund
CoinJournal
Koinos is a free-to-use blockchain developed by a group that also helped create the Steem blockchain. The Koinos Group said the Blockchain Founders Fund led the seed round, with blockchain gaming platform Splinterlands participating. Koinos will use ...
Brett Harrison raises $5 million for DeFi company aimed at institutions: Bloomberg
The Block
The new firm—which Harrison has been developing in stealth since he left FTX in September—will provide software trading tools in the decentralized finance space for large investors and institutions. The post Brett Harrison...
PRODUCT UPDATES AND PARTNERSHIPS
1inch launches proprietary hardware wallet as self-custody trend grows
Coin Telegraph
1inch Networks’ upcoming hardware wallet has no direct connection to the internet and doesn’t require any wired connection.
Cross-Chain Bridge Protocol Stargate Partners With Metis for More Efficient Interoperability
CoinDesk
The move will be the first expansion for Stargate beyond LayerZero technology.
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