Nexo intente une action en justice contre les îles Caïmans : détails

• Nexo a intenté une action en justice contre l'Autorité monétaire des îles Caïmans (CIMA) pour son enregistrement en tant que VASP dans la région.
• 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.”
• Récemment, l'entreprise a été perquisitionnée par les autorités bulgares et quatre personnes ont été inculpées de blanchiment d'argent.

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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.

Fait intéressant, Nexo, basé à Sofia, en Bulgarie, fait l'objet d'une enquête pour utilisation de comptes offshore pour échapper aux impôts et blanchir de l'argent depuis avril 2021. La Commission bulgare de surveillance financière (BFSC) a d'abord ouvert l'enquête en s'associant à des organismes chargés de l'application des lois en Bulgarie, au Royaume-Uni. , et les États-Unis.

Toutes les accusations d'irrégularités ont été rejetées par Nexo, qui a affirmé que l'entreprise se conformait pleinement à toutes les lois et réglementations applicables.

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 ordonnances de cesser et de s'abstenir à 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.”

Fait intéressant, les co-fondateurs du prêteur crypto, Antoni Trenchev et Kalin Metodiev, ont confirmé qu'il n'est pas insolvable, ajoutant que la plate-forme n'a aucun lien ni aucune exposition avec le fonds spéculatif crypto en faillite 3AC ou l'écosystème 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.

Au moment de la rédaction, le prix de 1 NEXO est en baisse de 84% par rapport au sommet historique atteint au mois de novembre de l'année dernière et son prix est de $0.7396, tandis que l'ATH était de $4.63.

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