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Bybit CEO offers clarity on exposure to Genesis, but community demands more

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Genesis International, a outstanding crypto lender, filed for Chapter 11 chapter safety in New York on Jan. 20, changing into the newest firm to declare chapter within the wake of FTX’s collapse. Nonetheless, the main target of the crypto group has shifted in direction of different crypto corporations that had publicity to the lending agency.

One report urged {that a} complete of 9 crypto corporations had varied exposures to Genesis, together with the likes of Germini, Bybit, VanEck, Decentraland and some others. Bybit CEO Ben Zhou was fast to reply to the experiences and clarified that Bybit certainly had $150 million publicity to the bankrupt crypto lender through its funding arm Mirana.

Zhou famous that Mirana solely managed a portion of Bybit’s belongings and the reported $151 million publicity has about $120 million of collateralized positions, which Mirana had already liquidated. He additionally assured that the shopper funds are separated, and Bybit’s earn merchandise don’t use Mirana.

Whereas many appreciated the short clarification from the co-founder, many others had extra questions concerning the clarification, particularly concerning the firm’s earn merchandise.

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One consumer demanded full disclosure concerning the earn merchandise, and the way yields are generated. One other consumer questioned their relationship with Mirana and whether or not they’re working on the same technique to FTX/Alameda.

Others have been additionally puzzled by the timing of the revelation, given Genesis’s troubles have been well-known for a few months now, and a few of its largest lender, akin to Gemini, has been actively demanding motion towards Genesis’s mum or dad firm, the Digital Foreign money Group. One consumer wrote,

“Tweeting ‘full disclosure’ solely when caught together with your pants down robotically refutes your declare. If this was ‘full disclosure’ ByBit would have stated it months in the past.”

Many others demanded proof of transactions between Bybit and Marina for assurance whereas reminding Zhou that comparable statements have been made previously by the likes of FTX executives.

Cointelegraph reached out to Bybit to get some readability on its earn program and lift a number of the group’s questions as effectively however didn’t get a response at press time.