BREAKDOWN: Genesis Files for Chapter 11
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4.8 • 689 Ratings
🗓️ 20 January 2023
⏱️ 17 minutes
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Summary
The bankruptcy filing came late Thursday night.
After weeks, if not months, of speculation, Genesis has finally filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, citing more than $5.1 billion in liabilities. On today’s episode, NLW looks at the implications of the filing plus the battles to come. He also covers the FTX hearing on the suitability of representation by Sullivan & Cromwell.
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| 1:10.2 | What's going on, guys? It is Friday, January 20th, and today we are closing one chapter, |
| 1:16.1 | a chapter 11, if you will, of one of the big sagas in crypto. |
| 1:20.6 | A quick note before we dive into that, there are two ways to listen to the breakdown. |
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| 1:40.1 | All right. Now, to today, we have been covering this saga of Genesis and DCG for the last several months, |
| 1:46.2 | right up to yesterday when we discussed how the community was thinking about a possible Genesis bankruptcy. |
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