Crypto lender Genesis files for bankruptcy

Getty Images Cryptocurrency lender Genesis has filed for bankruptcy. The firm had recently been charged by US regulators Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) with illegally selling crypto. It is part of the Digital Currency Group (DCG), a conglomerate of more than 200 crypto-focused businesses. The insolvency of Genesis is linked to the bankruptcy of FTX,…

When Private-Equity Firms Bankrupt Their Own Companies

Private-equity firms buy businesses in the hopes of flipping them for a profit a few years later. The idea is simple enough. But companies bought by private-equity firms are 10 times as likely to go bankrupt as those that aren’t. The industry’s defenders claim that this is simply because private-equity firms often buy teetering companies;…