The FTX exchange is still involved in litigation, despite the fact that FTX creditor reimbursements are scheduled to commence after two years of bankruptcy proceedings.
The FTX exchange has revised its timeline for the creditor and former customer reimbursements, which is anticipated to conclude in January 2025. The initial payouts are expected to be received in March 2025.
By the November 21 announcement from the former crypto exchange, FTX will coordinate reimbursement payments with distribution agents in early December. These agents will be responsible for the payout process and the customer payout portal. The interim CEO of FTX, John J. Ray III, issued the following statement regarding the bankruptcy:
“While we continue to take actions to maximize recoveries, we are full steam ahead to reach arrangements with our distribution agents and return proceeds to creditors and customers as quickly as possible.”
The bankrupt FTX exchange initiated a series of lawsuits to recover additional assets despite a US judge’s sanction of the reorganization plan in early October. Not all FTX creditors were satisfied with the reorganization plan.
Bankrupt FTX Exchange files series of lawsuits
The reimbursement plan was previously criticized by a group of FTX creditors, led by Sunil Kavuri, because the compensation amounts were determined based on the petition date when digital asset prices were significantly lower than they are today. Bitcoin was trading at approximately $16,000 at the time of the creditor petition’s filing.
In October, the FTX exchange initiated a series of litigation against crypto exchanges, alleging that they were holding assets belonging to the bankruptcy estate. The first lawsuit was filed against the KuCoin exchange.
The lawsuit aimed to reclaim approximately $50 million in assets that were purportedly frozen on the exchange following the bankruptcy of FTX in 2022. Subsequently, in November 2024, the bankruptcy estate submitted a complaint against Crypto.com to recover $11 million in funds.
FTX filed a lawsuit against Anthony Scaramucci and SkyBridge Capital on November 8, 2024, to recoup $100 million spent on sponsorship and investment agreements signed between Scaramucci and former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried.
Binance and its founder, Changpeng Zhao, are also the subject of a $1.8 billion litigation from the FTX estate. The lawsuit is based on allegations that Binance and Zhao received approximately $1.76 billion in fraudulent transfers from FTX before the exchange’s fall in 2022.