Nexo entra com ação judicial contra as Ilhas Cayman: detalhes

• A Nexo entrou com uma ação contra a Autoridade Monetária das Ilhas Cayman (CIMA) sobre seu registro como VASP na região.
• 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.”
• Recentemente, a empresa foi invadida pelas autoridades búlgaras e quatro pessoas foram indiciadas por lavagem de dinheiro.

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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, a Nexo, com sede em Sofia, Bulgária, está sob investigação por usar contas offshore para sonegar impostos e lavar dinheiro desde abril de 2021. A Comissão de Supervisão Financeira da Bulgária (BFSC) iniciou a investigação em parceria com agências de aplicação da lei na Bulgária, Reino Unido , e os Estados Unidos.

Todas as acusações de impropriedade foram negadas pela Nexo, que afirmou que a empresa cumpre integralmente todas as leis e regulamentos relevantes.

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 ordens de cessar e desistir para Nexo em 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, os cofundadores do credor cripto, Antoni Trenchev e Kalin Metodiev, confirmaram que não é insolvente, acrescentando que a plataforma não tem vínculos ou exposição ao fundo de hedge cripto falido 3AC ou ao ecossistema 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.

No momento da escrita, o preço de 1 NEXO caiu 84% em relação à alta histórica observada no mês de novembro do ano passado e está cotada a $0,7396, enquanto o ATH estava em $4,63.

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