Genesis to sell approximately 200 billion yen worth of Bitcoin ETF, plans for gradual liquidation

Planned sale in stages

On the 14th, a US bankruptcy court approved the sale of approximately 35 million GBTC shares of Grayscale, worth more than 195 billion yen, by Genesis, a bankrupt crypto lending company. Bloomberg reported.

Selling pressure is also a concern, and Genesis said the sale process will be carried out over time with the help of brokers.

According to a Feb. 2 court filing, Genesis also plans to sell more than 11 million shares of Grayscale Ethereum Trust (ETHE), worth more than 30 billion yen.

Digital Currency Group (DCG), the parent company of Genesis, is concerned that if Grayscale shares are sold too quickly and the price falls, the amount of assets that can be recovered by Genesis creditors could be reduced. was expressed.

In response, Bankruptcy Court Judge Sean Lane said the stock sales would be done strategically with the help of brokers. He also said that because Genesis and his creditors have deep expertise in cryptocurrencies, they should be able to sell their shares at the highest possible price.

Judge Lane said the sale must be carried out in stages according to a structured plan. The proposed sale is widely supported by Genesis creditors.

Genesis allows you to exchange the GBTC shares you own into legal currency or the crypto asset (virtual currency) Bitcoin (BTC).

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Outflow from GBTC

Since January 12, 153,604.56 BTC (equivalent to 1.2 trillion yen) has been outflowed from Grayscale's Grayscale Bitcoin Trust (GBTC).

By way of background, GBTC has been trading at a negative premium for the past few years. This is said to be due to the fact that operators withdrew from GBTC at a time when GBTC was converted to an ETF and the discount became virtually zero.

Another factor may be that while Bitcoin spot ETFs offered by competitors have relatively low fees at 0.2% to 0.9%, GBTC has higher fees at 1.5%.

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On the other hand, according to an analysis by HODL15Capital, the Bitcoin spot ETF excluding GBTC has purchased a total of 216,309 BTC (equivalent to 1.5 trillion yen) by the 9th.

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Ki Young Ju, CEO of data analytics company CryptoQuant, opined that depending on the pace of inflows into physical ETFs, Bitcoin could reach up to $112,000 (approximately 16.8 million yen) by the end of this year.

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