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Finance

FTX’s Initial $1.2B Payout Process to Creditors Is Underway

The payments are being distributed in U.S. dollars through BitGo and Kraken.

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FTX Sues Binance, Former CEO CZ for $1.8B

The filing alleges that FTX was already insolvent and the FTT tokens used in a share repurchase transaction were worthless, and therefore the transfer should be classed as fraudulent

Binance's former CEO, Changpeng "CZ" Zhao (Photos from Smorshedi/Wikimedia Commons and CoinDesk/Flickr, modified by CoinDesk)

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FTX's $228M Settlement With Bybit Brings Conclusion of Epic Liquidation Closer

The FTX bankruptcy nears its finish line, with recoveries higher than what was in accounts when it collapsed – though those assets missed out on the market recovery since 2022.

John J Ray III took over as FTX CEO in November 2022 (House Committee on Financial Services)

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Former FTX Customer Sues Hedge Fund, Says It Reneged on Bankruptcy Payout Deal

Alexander Nikolas Gierczyk of California says the hedge fund he sold his FTX bankruptcy claim to isn't paying out what it promised.

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Delaware Judge Approves FTX Estate’s Bankruptcy Plan

Most FTX creditors will get all their money back in cash, and then some.

John J. Ray III, CEO of FTX Group (Nathan Howard/Getty Images)

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FTX Dotcom Creditors Vote Massively in Favor of Reorganizing Plan

The plan promises to return 118% of claims in cash to most creditors, who represent about $6.83 billion in claims by value.

FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried (MIT Bitcoin Club/Wikimedia Commons, modified by CoinDesk)

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SEC Might Challenge FTX Bankruptcy Estate From Paying Back Customers With Stablecoins

The SEC said that it may challenge any transactions of distributions involving crypto assets to creditors.

SEC Chair Gary Gensler (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

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Celsius' Bankruptcy Plan Administrator Pays Out Over $2.5B

The distributions were made in liquid cryptocurrency and cash at Jan. 16 prices to roughly two-thirds of all eligible creditors by number and 93% by value.

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Three Arrows Capital Liquidators Now Sue Terraform Labs for $1.3B: Bloomberg

Earlier, in June 2023, the liquidators sought $1.3 billion from the founders of 3AC, Su Zhu and Kyle Davies.

Three arrows hit bullseye of a target (QuinceCreative/Pixabay)

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Tether to Fight Celsius' $3.3 Billion 'Shakedown' Litigation

On Friday, Celsius asked a U.S. court to order Tether to relinquish a total of 57,428.64 bitcoin.

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