A bankruptcy adjudicator has granted Genesis Global Holdco permission to liquidate approximately £1.3 billion worth of Grayscale Bitcoin Trust (GBTC) shares as part of endeavours to reimburse investors.
During a hearing on 14th February at the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, conducted via Zoom, Judge Sean Lane endorsed an order allowing Genesis to divest a portion of its investments from Grayscale.
Documents filed in February indicated that Genesis held about £1.6 billion worth of shares in GBTC, Grayscale Ethereum Trust (ETHE), and Grayscale Ethereum Classic Trust (ETCG).
According to Genesis’s bankruptcy filings, it claimed to possess around 35 million GBTC shares and 11 million ETHE and ETCG shares.
Grayscale lodged a restricted objection to the proposal for the company to liquidate the trust assets on 9th February, asserting that the sales were “subject to written approval” by the investment firm but did not aim to “delay, impede, or obstruct the Debtors’ sale or transfer of Trust Assets.”
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On 10th January, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) sanctioned the conversion of Grayscale’s GBTC to a spot Bitcoin exchange-traded fund for listing and trading on U.S. exchanges, alongside offerings from 10 other asset managers.
Genesis remarked that the SEC’s approval would ease the redemption of shares in cash.
Genesis disclosed a £21 million settlement with the SEC on 31st January over its purported involvement in offering and vending unregistered securities through the Gemini Earn program.
The company operates independently from Genesis Global Trading, which encountered enforcement proceedings initiated by the New York Department of Financial Services in January.
