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FTX Bankruptcy Estate shares $ 5 billion


The FTX Recovery Trust has begun a second round of payments to its lenders. On May 30, the confidence of a $ 5 billion payout began with eligible creditors in convenience and unmistakable classes that completed pre-distribution requirements.

According to a 28th May announcementThe Distribution of creditors will include DOTCOM customer entitlement claims, which receive a 72% distribution; US customer entitlement claims, which receive 54% distribution; and convenience claims, which will receive a 120% distribution.

In addition, general unsafe claims and digital asset claims will receive each of the 61% distribution as per reimbursement plan. Recipients must receive their claims on one to two business days from Official distribution partnersKraken and bitgo.

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Source: Sunil Kavuri

Crypto investors and speculators closely monitor FTX credit distribution as reimbursements can affect digital asset markets and cause price volatility if liquidity from reimbursements is offloaded or replaced with retail exchanges.

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FTX Creditor Reimbursement’s first twist

The FTX Creditor Payment First Payment For recipients with less than $ 50,000 in claims were distributed in Feb. 18 and reached $ 1.2 billion.

At this time, Alvin Kan, chief operating official in the Bitget Wallet, said the cointelegraph that a “significant part” of $ 1.2 billion could be restored to crypto markets.

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When the FTT token and the FTX exchange collapsed in November 2022, it took most of the crypto market with it. Source: Tradingview

Reimbursement plan leaves creditors high and dry

FTX reimbursement has controversial controversy over creditors and exchange customers today.

In September 2024, FTX Creditor Sunil Kavuri shared documents in court that FTX’s credit credit would be paid as the date their petition was filed instead of current market prices.

Creditors of the former exchange Received only 10% -25% of their crypto The value of the holders due to the court’s decision, according to the investor.

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The legal documents shared by Kavuri determine how much FTX creditors will receive. Source: Sunil Kavuri

“Crypto holders are not entirely at the price of the petition date as confirmed by debtors, the United States Department of Justice, and Judge Kaplan,” Kavuri told Cointelegraph.

For the reference, the lender’s petition was filed in the depths of winter crypto when the price of bitcoin (Btc) is about $ 16,000.

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List of countries that are not eligible for FTX Creditors fees. Source: Ftx

Kavuri sounded again to the alarm in February this year, when he called attention to lenders in 163 countries that It is not worthy to receive reimbursementsincluding residents in Egypt, Iran, Russia, Greenland, Pakistan and Other.

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