FTX quickly rose to prominence after its founding in 2019, gaining billions of dollars in cryptocurrency assets in the process. Despite this, the company filed for bankruptcy in November following a potential acquisition from Binance that fell apart a day after it was announced. Soon after, t...
the FTX Group has paid the firm more than $20.5 million in fees and retainers. Now, in the most flagrant attempt by a fox to guard a henhouse in recent memory, Sullivan & Cromwell has applied to be appointed the FTX Group’s bankruptcy counsel with...
It values claims based on crypto prices at the time of FTX’s bankruptcy, sparking criticism Bankrupt crypto exchange, FTX, is preparing to distribute over $1.2 billion to its users. The repayments are part of a restructuring plan approved in October 2024, which outlines that users owed up t...
FTX is a bankrupt cryptocurrency derivatives trading platform launched on May 8, 2019, which filed for bankruptcy on November 11, 2022. It was founded by Alameda Research owner Sam Bankman-Fried. FTX's bankruptcy was triggered by a cascading series of events begun when CoinDesk published a ...
The same chaotic day FTX declared bankruptcy, someone began stealing hundreds of millions of dollars from its coffers. A WIRED investigation reveals the company’s “very crazy night” trying to stop them.
On Nov. 12, after FTX declared bankruptcy, Bankman-Fried asked Wang to drive with him to the Bahamas Securities Commission for a meeting. On the drive, Bankman-Fried told Wang to transfer assets to Bahamian liquidators because he believed they would allow him to maintain control of the comp...
On Nov. 8, FTX blocked customers from taking money out of the platform by removing that option online, which meant hundreds of thousands of customers did not have access to their money. When FTX could not pay the $8 billion gap, the company filed for bankruptcy. FTX crashed due to misman...
Quickly today, Kraken has completed the first distribution of FTX assets, paying out to over 46,000 creditors. Note: The pricing benchmark for the FTX compensation plan is based on the asset value at the time of bankruptcy in November 2022, calculated in USD and paid in cash (USD). Small...
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dollars, determined by cryptocurrency prices at the time of FTX’s bankruptcy filing in November 2022. While FTX contends that U.S. bankruptcy law mandates valuing claims using that date, customers argue that this method undervalues cryptocurrencies, which have surged significantly since the 2022 ...