Genesis is a formerly active institutional digital asset trading, lending, and custody firm that filed voluntary Chapter 11 bankruptcy on January 19, 2023, and has since ceased operations. Genesis's Twitter Score is 133 out of 1000 (an Excellent rating) as of August 2026, ranking #4,579 (top 1%) among 483,944 tracked accounts.
Genesis was founded by Barry Silbert and claimed to have launched the first OTC Bitcoin trading desk when it was established. It previously operated as a subsidiary of Digital Currency Group, serving institutional investors across trading, lending, and custody services. Genesis was formerly affiliated with Genesis Global Holdco, LLC, Genesis Global Capital, LLC as its lending business subsidiary, and Genesis Asia Pacific Pte. Ltd. as a regional lending subsidiary. It previously partnered with Gemini Trust Company, LLC on the Gemini Earn program.
Genesis's lending unit halted withdrawals and new loan originations on November 16, 2022, following the collapse of FTX. On January 12, 2023, the SEC charged Genesis Global Capital, LLC and Gemini Trust Company, LLC for the alleged unregistered offer and sale of securities through the Gemini Earn program. Genesis Global Capital subsequently agreed to a $21 million SEC civil penalty to resolve those charges. Separately, the New York attorney general secured a $2 billion settlement with Genesis Global over fraud allegations, and Genesis Global Trading reached a settlement with the New York Department of Financial Services in January 2024, agreeing to pay an $8 million fine and surrender its BitLicense over compliance-program deficiencies. The Genesis restructuring was reported complete in August 2024, with distributions to creditors valued at around $4 billion on an in-kind basis.
Genesis has published 729 posts and has 35,179 followers as of August 2026. Genesis has been mentioned by 332 accounts a total of 893 times.
Genesis's portfolio includes Oxygen - Decentralized Prime Brokerage, Paradigm, ODDSFi, Merculet, Astaria, Thetanuts Finance, Folks Finance and Pine Street Labs.
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