Cryptocurrency lender Genesis has filed for bankruptcy. The insolvency of Genesis is linked to the bankruptcy of FTX, which went under last November amid allegations of fraud. Genesis had originally been set up as an “over the counter” Bitcoin trading desk, enabling the trade of large amounts of crypto. Genesis is also embroiled in a high-profile dispute with Gemini, owned by the former Olympic rowers Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, over the fate of $900m in assets that Gemini customers deposited with the lender. Is cryptocurrency falling ?

