Nexo reicht Klage gegen Cayman Islands ein: Details

• Nexo hat eine Klage gegen die Cayman Islands Monetary Authority (CIMA) wegen seiner Registrierung als VASP in der Region eingereicht.
• The crypto lender stated that it was “suitable” to offer crypto services to citizens of the island nation.
• CIMA claims that Nexo had not disclosed “certain legal and regulatory matters as noted in the news media.”
• Kürzlich wurde die Firma von bulgarischen Behörden durchsucht und vier Personen wurden wegen Geldwäsche angeklagt.

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The chaos in the crypto market continues to prevail as the industry is trying to move ahead after the collapse of crypto exchange FTX. Interestingly, renowned crypto lender Nexo, which is facing troubles of its own, has filed a lawsuit against the Cayman Islands Monetary Authority (CIMA) the same week that Bulgarian authorities raided Nexo’s offices and indicted four people on charges of money laundering.

According to a document from January 12, the crypto lending company has sued CIMA for denying its registration as a virtual asset service provider (VASP) in the Cayman Islands. The crypto lender requested the court to reverse the financial regulator’s decision and argued that it was “suitable” to offer crypto services to citizens of the island nation.

In accordance with court documents, Nexo submitted an application to CIMA in January 2021 with updated information at the regulator’s request. However, the regulator claimed that Nexo had not disclosed “certain legal and regulatory matters as noted in the news media” and therefore demanded clarification on the application last October. Notably, the monetary authority denied the application in December last year.

“The Authority breached its constitutional and statutory duty to provide comprehensible, satisfactory and sufficiently detailed reasons for its Refusal Decision,” the crypto lender alleges.

Interessanterweise wird gegen Nexo mit Sitz in Sofia, Bulgarien, seit April 2021 wegen der Nutzung von Offshore-Konten zur Steuerhinterziehung und Geldwäsche ermittelt. Die bulgarische Finanzaufsichtskommission (BFSC) leitete die Ermittlungen zunächst ein, indem sie mit Strafverfolgungsbehörden in Bulgarien, dem Vereinigten Königreich, zusammenarbeitete , und die Vereinigten Staaten.

Alle Vorwürfe der Unangemessenheit wurden von Nexo zurückgewiesen, das behauptet hat, dass das Unternehmen alle relevanten Gesetze und Vorschriften vollständig einhält.

Citing instances in UK courts, Nexo argued that CIMA had given “too much weight” to regulators’ plans to take enforcement action against the cryptocurrency lender. United States state-level agencies also issued Unterlassungsverfügungen an Nexo im Jahr 2022, but Nexo claims in its lawsuit that this doesn’t indicate that the company acted improperly:

“[Nexo] had diligently cooperated with all US states and federal regulatory inquiries and has been proactive in maintaining dialogue with the respective regulators […] There have been some regulatory ambiguities with respect to the laws and regulations applicable to digital assets in the US such that the fact of the regulatory enforcement itself does not connote any improper behavior.”

Interessanterweise bestätigten die Mitbegründer des Krypto-Kreditgebers, Antoni Trenchev und Kalin Metodiev, dass er nicht zahlungsunfähig ist, und fügten hinzu, dass die Plattform keine Verbindungen zum bankrotten Krypto-Hedgefonds 3AC oder dem Terra-Ökosystem hat oder diesem ausgesetzt ist.

Due to a lack of regulatory certainty, the lending company stated in December that it will gradually stop operating in the United States “over the coming months.” It is also crucial to note that the native token of the lending platform, NEXO, has dropped significantly over the past couple of months since its listing on the world’s biggest crypto exchange, Binance.

Bei Redaktionsschluss lag der Preis bei 1 NEXO liegt um 84% unter dem Allzeithoch vom November letzten Jahres und liegt bei $0,7396, während der ATH bei $4,63 lag.

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