Embattled crypto lender Genesis Global Capital has continued to ramp up efforts to pay up creditors after filing for bankruptcy protection in January 2023. As part of these efforts, Genesis has now reportedly sold off the entirety of its Grayscale GBTC holdings to acquire a substantial amount of Bitcoin in order to implement its repayment strategy. Related Reading: Bitcoin Dips, But Don’t Panic: ETFs See Three Days Of Bullish Inflow Genesis Converts GBTC Shares To Bitcoin In Preparation For Debt Settlement According to a Friday report by Bloomberg Law, Genesis finalized the sale of its 36 million GBTC shares, as revealed by the company’s lawyers in a court filing on April 2. Genesis had initially received legal approval to liquidate its GBTC holdings on February 2 with each unit share valued at $38.50. However, court documents showed that the current price of GBTC as at the time of sale on April 2 was $58.50 resulting in a total sale price of $2.1 billion. Bloomberg’s report disclosed that the bankrupt crypto lender then used these proceeds to purchase 32,041 Bitcoin at a market p ..
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