The bankrupt crypto exchange FTX is reportedly primed to begin paying its main group of creditors at the end of May.
Business restructuring lawyer Andrew Dietderich said in court last week that the payouts are scheduled to begin on May 30th, Bloomberg reports.
FTX will use its $11.4 billion cash reserves, which were amassed after the crypto exchange went down, to reimburse major creditors. FTX classifies its main creditors as individuals and institutions that had millions of dollars stashed in the platform prior to its collapse.
Meanwhile, smaller creditors categorized in FTX’s “Convenience Class” started receiving distributions in February, per a press release from the exchange.
In October, a US bankruptcy court greenlit FTX’s plan to distribute between $14.7 billion and $16.5 billion worth of payouts to the crypto exchange’s former customers.
The plan calls for 98% of the exchange’s creditors to receive approximately 119% of the value of their holdings on the day FTX filed for bankruptcy in November 2022.
The increased payouts are thanks to crypto prices and FTX’s 8% stake in the AI (artificial intelligence) safety and research company Anthropic.
FTX imploded and filed for bankruptcy amid accusations that its then-chief executive, Sam Bankman-Fried, mishandled the exchange’s funds by loaning out billions of dollars worth of customer deposits to Alameda Research, the firm’s trading arm.
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