FTX-Gläubiger erhalten am 30. September 1,6 Milliarden US-Dollar in dritter Auszahlungsrunde
Krypto-Restitution in Rekordhöhe steht an – FTX schüttet nächste Milliarden-Tranche aus.
Gläubiger atmen auf: Die dritte Auszahlungswelle rollt pünktlich an. Ein lang erwarteter Schritt in Richtung Schadensbegrenzung – wenn auch mit dem bitteren Beigeschmack, dass traditionelle Finanzinstitute bei vergleichbaren Pleiten selten derart transparent agieren.
1,6 Milliarden US-Dollar fließen zurück in die Taschen der Betroffenen. Ein beachtlicher Betrag, der erneut unterstreicht, wie sehr sich die Krypto-Branche um Wiedergutmachung bemüht – trotz aller Widrigkeiten.
Die Auszahlung erfolgt planmäßig am 30. September. Ein weiteres starkes Signal für die Erholung des Sektors und ein Beweis dafür, dass Verantwortung in der DeFi-Welt nicht nur ein leeres Versprechen bleibt.
FTX collapse was due to mismanagement of funds
Under FTX’s operation, its users were allowed to purchase, sell, and make speculations about the future prices of widely adopted cryptocurrencies and tokens. This greatly attracted customers and increased the exchange’s user base.
However, its CEO, Bankman-Fried, alongside his senior partners, used customers’ funds invested in the exchange to cover high-risk investments that Alameda Research, a hedge fund connected to the company, made without their consent.
Consequently, this mismanagement of customers’ funds resulted in FTX’s bankruptcy, with billions of investor funds missing. To track down the missing funds, John J. RAY III, an American attorney and CEO specializing in recovering funds from failed corporations, was assigned to get them back. While working on this, the American attorney pointed out that the exchange’s bankruptcy was greater than that of Enron, an energy firm, in the early 2000s.
FTX’s CEO was arrested with fraud charges
Following his actions, Sam Bankman-Fried was arrested and later charged with defrauding clients. When the charges were presented in court, he was legally jailed. This was made possible because prominent figures from Bankman-Fried’s close team decided to testify against him during the trial.
Interestingly, FTX co-founder Gary Wang, former Alameda CEO Caroline Ellison, and Nishad Singh, who used to lead engineering at FTX, acknowledged that they committed crimes because Bankman-Fried had commanded them to do so.
After the verdict was announced, a Lawyer and former United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York weighed in on the situation. He commented that Sam Bankman-Fried’s financial fraud was one of the largest in the history of America. According to him, the CEO carried out this multi-million dollar scheme to position himself as the ruler of crypto.
Meanwhile, to serve as a warning to any individual with intentions similar to those of Bankman-Fried, the relevant authorities sentenced the CEO to serve 25 years in prison in Southern California for fraud and other offenses.
On related developments, Bankman-Fried’s dormant X account suddenly became active this week, mass-following other profiles after months of silence. The unexpected activity sparked speculation and fueled a rally in the FTT token, which briefly climbed above $1.
As earlier reported by Cryptopolitan, the renewed activity raised questions about whether the former FTX founder, currently serving time in prison, somehow signals continued interest in crypto, or even hints at an early release. However, there has been no official word regarding his release, and the FTX bankruptcy process is still moving forward, with the next creditor distribution scheduled for September 30.
On-chain data suggests Bankman-Fried has little to no funds left for trading, with one of his meme wallets now holding just 0.67 SOL. Meanwhile, wallets associated with Alameda Research continue to receive allocations of SOL from earlier distributions, but those funds are being directed toward bankruptcy settlements rather than trading.
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