Crypto exchange Gemini to pay $1.1 billion back to customers | CNN Business

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Gemini Trust, a cryptocurrency exchange founded by Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, will return at least $1.1 billion to customers of its now shuttered lending program, following a settlement with a New York regulator.

Gemini will also pay a $37 million fine to the regulator “for significant failures that threatened the safety and soundness of the company,” the New York Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) said in a statement Wednesday.

NYDFS has the right to “bring further action against Gemini if the company does not fulfill its obligation,” it said in the statement.

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