Nexo presenta una demanda contra las Islas Caimán: detalles

• Nexo ha presentado una demanda contra la Autoridad Monetaria de las Islas Caimán (CIMA) por su registro como VASP en la región.
• 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.”
• Recientemente, las autoridades búlgaras allanaron la empresa y cuatro personas fueron acusadas de lavado de dinero.

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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.

Curiosamente, Nexo, con sede en Sofía, Bulgaria, ha estado bajo investigación por usar cuentas extraterritoriales para evadir impuestos y lavar dinero desde abril de 2021. La Comisión de Supervisión Financiera de Bulgaria (BFSC, por sus siglas en inglés) inició la investigación al asociarse con agencias de aplicación de la ley en Bulgaria, Reino Unido. , y los Estados Unidos.

Nexo ha negado todas las acusaciones de incorrección y ha afirmado que la empresa cumple plenamente con todas las leyes y reglamentos pertinentes.

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 órdenes de cese y desistimiento a Nexo en 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.”

Curiosamente, los cofundadores del criptoprestamista, Antoni Trenchev y Kalin Metodiev, confirmaron que no es insolvente y agregaron que la plataforma no tiene vínculos ni exposición al criptofondo de cobertura en quiebra 3AC o al ecosistema Terra.

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.

Al momento de escribir, el precio de 1 NEXO está 84% por debajo del máximo histórico registrado en el mes de noviembre del año pasado y tiene un precio de $0.7396, mientras que el ATH fue $4.63.

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