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<p>Genesis, the troubled crypto lender and trading company, has been issued a compelling directive by a New York court. The court has mandated Genesis to comply with a subpoena within five days, following a failure to respond to previous requests by the October 9 deadline, relative to a case involving Singapore’s Terraform Labs.</p><h2 id="header-0">TerraUSD collapse fallout</h2><p>These requests are related to the 2022 collapse of the TerraUSD stablecoin, a cryptocurrency which was supposed to maintain a peg to the US dollar’s value until it lost that peg and collapsed. At the time, the demise of TerraUSD reverberated throughout the cryptocurrency markets.</p><p>In response to this collapse, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) initiated a legal action against Terraform Labs, the company responsible for the token, and its co-founder Do Kwon, alleging that investors had been misled. Both Do Kwon and Terraform subsequently<a href="https://medium.com/&#64;coinness.gl/sec-opposes-motion-to-dismiss-terraform-labs-lawsuit-abcef6ff5cda" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"> tried unsuccessfully</a> to have the case dismissed.</p><p>As part of the progression of this case, the SEC<a href="https://medium.com/&#64;coinness.gl/sec-seeks-to-question-co-founder-of-singapores-terraform-labs-65f6e5433bb1" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"> sought</a> to question Do Kwon and gain access to company records held by the Singapore-headquartered firm. The defendants were ultimately <a href="https://medium.com/&#64;coinness.gl/do-kwon-loses-fight-to-conceal-singapore-records-302adcfce73b" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">unsuccessful</a> in arguing their case in that instance on jurisdictional grounds.</p><h2 id="header-1">Failure to respond</h2><p>Judge Jed Rakoff, in a<a href="https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.594150/gov.uscourts.nysd.594150.65.0.pdf" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"> court order</a> filed on Friday, highlighted Genesis’s non-compliance with the subpoenas, stating:</p><p>“As of today, the Genesis Entities have failed to produce any documents in response to the Subpoenas.”</p><p>These subpoenas were issued by the defendants to seek specific information from Genesis Global Capital, Genesis Global Holdco, and Genesis Global Trading on September 12.</p><p>The court order does not specify the nature of the information sought. It is worth noting that Genesis extended substantial loans to the now-defunct hedge fund Three Arrows Capital (3AC), which was heavily exposed to the TerraUSD stablecoin. In January 2023, three Genesis entities filed for bankruptcy, and its trading arm ceased its US spot market operations in September.</p><p>In addition to the challenge posed by Genesis’ non-compliance, Judge Rakoff is also wrestling with obtaining information from Do Kwon in connection with the legal proceedings. Kwon’s legal representatives have argued that he cannot physically come to the US as he is serving a jail sentence in Montenegro for possession of a counterfeit passport.</p><p>However, Judge Rakoff has expressed his determination to ensure Kwon’s availability for cross-questioning and stated that Kwon will not be allowed to provide any declarations in the case without being subject to cross-examination.</p><h2 id="header-2">Citadel under scrutiny</h2><p>In a related development, it emerged last week that Terraform Labs is accusing American market maker Citadel Securities of having sabotaged its TerraUSD stablecoin. As part of the Singaporean company’s pursuit of justice, it has<a href="https://medium.com/&#64;coinness.gl/terraform-labs-accuses-citadel-securities-of-stablecoin-sabotage-b62bec081a8a" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"> called upon</a> the United States District Court in the Southern District of Florida to force Citadel to furnish specific documents that relate to their trading activities during the period within which TerraUSD collapsed.</p><p>Should it fail in that endeavor, Terraform has said that it will look to have the matter heard in Judge Rakoff’s court in New York.</p><p>This legal development concerning Genesis marks a crucial juncture in the ongoing investigation into the TerraUSD stablecoin’s collapse and the actions of the entities involved, with Genesis now facing increased pressure to cooperate fully with the legal process.</p>

Genesis Ordered to Comply with Subpoena in Terraform Labs Case

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