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FTX Bankruptcy: Fallen Exchange To Amass up to $5,100,000,000 More Than What Users Lost at Time of Collapse

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The bankrupt crypto exchange FTX now has holdings worth billions of dollars more than the legally approved claims made by its creditors. A recently filed disclosure statement indicates that FTX’s bankruptcy estate estimates it will hold net distributable proceeds between $14.5 billion and $16.3 billion on September 30th, the projected start date for the exchange’s reorganization plan. FTX only owes creditors approximately $11.2 billion, putting the bankrupt exchange’s creditors in a position to recover between 118% and 142% of their claim values, according to the disclosure statement. However, FTX’s creditors’…

Most FTX Creditors to Receive Over 100% Repayment, Court Document Shows

FTX is poised to repay nearly all its account holders fully, according to a reorganization plan presented in court. The bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange has raised about $15 billion mainly by selling investments from itself and its affiliate, Alameda Research. This fund will ensure payments of 118 cents on the dollar for 98% of creditors with […] Source BitcoincryptoexchangeExchanges CryptoX Portal

Regulating CEXs won’t stop bad actors: lessons from the FTX trial

Disclosure: The views and opinions expressed here belong solely to the author and do not represent the views and opinions of crypto.news’ editorial. The fallout from the FTX collapse and the accompanying media circus left unexpected and wide-reaching disruption. Still, the truth is that it expedited the realization that centralized exchanges (CEXs) are broken. How we pick up the pieces will have a long-lasting impact on our industry. It is not the role of regulators to prevent another FTX collapse.  Without meaningful change, this new money system will continue to…

Pantera Capital Wins Bid To Purchase a Stash of Discounted Solana From Bankrupt Crypto Exchange FTX: Report

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Crypto asset manager Pantera Capital has reportedly won a bid to purchase discounted Solana (SOL) from bankrupt crypto exchange platform FTX. According to a new report by Bloomberg, an anonymous person familiar with the matter says that Pantera won a bid to purchase a discounted stash of the Ethereum (ETH) rival. Though the details of the deal haven’t been made public yet, the person says that 2,000 SOL tokens were sold this week. Earlier in April, FTX sold about 66% of its $2.6 billion trove of SOL at a discounted…

Pantera Capital wins another bid for discounted Solana tokens in FTX bankruptcy auction

California-based venture capital firm Pantera Capital has reportedly won another bid for discounted SOL tokens from a collapsed exchange. Pantera Capital, a Menlo Park-headquartered crypto venture capital firm, has won another pack of discounted Solana’s SOL tokens in an auction organized by the administrators managing the bankruptcy case of the collapsed FTX crypto exchange. According to a Bloomberg report, the firm won 2,000 SOL tokens (currently valued at ~$288,000 at market price) earlier this week. Although it remains unclear at what discount the firm won the tokens, the sources claim…

FTX Co-Founder Sam Bankman-Fried’s Civil Liability Released In Settlement With Investors

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According to a recent Bloomberg report, a group of investors and customers of cryptocurrency exchange FTX have agreed to drop their claims against co-founder Sam Bankman-Fried.  In exchange, Bankman-Fried has agreed to cooperate with the plaintiffs in the ongoing lawsuits against other defendants related to the collapse of FTX. Sam  Bankman-Fried And Insiders Settle Per the report, if approved by a judge, this agreement would release Bankman-Fried from civil liability just weeks after being sentenced to 25 years in prison for fraud stemming from allegations of stealing billions of dollars…

FTX looking to sell off Solana holdings via blind auction

Two sources familiar with the matter say that the defunct cryptocurrency exchange FTX is looking to auction off the remainder of its Solana (SOL) token holdings. Speaking to Bloomberg, the sources revealed that a “blind auction” is set to be held this week with an April 24 deadline. The result is slated to be announced the following day. The development follows a report from FTX stating that it sold approximately $307.6 million worth of SOL and ZBC tokens in March. On April 5, the firm sold $1.9 billion worth of…