BREAKDOWN: DCG Responds as Gemini Accuses Company of Fraud

In his second open letter in as many weeks, Gemini Co-CEO Cameron Winklevoss ratchets up the rhetoric. 

Crypto 2023 – like Crypto 2022, but angrier. This week, Gemini co-CEO Cameron Winklevoss accused Genesis, DCG and DCG CEO Barry Silbert of fraud in a major escalation of their fight over frozen funds. Silbert and DCG, CoinDesk’s parent, responded with their own letter and Q&A arguing that Genesis and DCG are fundamentally different entities. NLW covers the war of words and the community’s response to it. 

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