Bankrupt cryptocurrency lender Genesis Global Capital filed two suits on Sept. 6 seeking the repayment of overdue loans from affiliated companies. The loans are worth over $600 million in total.
GGC filed the complaints against Digital Currency Group and DCG International Investments in the Southern District of New York Bankruptcy Court. GGC and DCGI are both owned by DCG. According to the complaint against DCGI, GGC loaned it 18,697.7 Bitcoins in June 2022 under an open loan agreement reached in 2019. The outstanding balance of the loan was converted in November to a fixed-term loan due on May 11, 2023. The loan was partially repaid, and a balance of 4,550.5 BTC remained.DCIG sent GGC a request on May 9 to convert the debt back into an open loan. GGC did not agree to that, but the balance was not paid.
The parties underwent mediation that ended in August but continue to negotiate, the complaint said. At the time of writing, 4,550.5 BTC are worth around $116,875,000.According to the other complaint, GGC made four loans to DCG in 2022 worth a total of $500 million. Those loans mature on May 11 and May 13, 2023. DCG expressed the view on May 9 that it was able to convert those loans to open loans as well under a prior, but GGC did not agree.