Crypto Exchanges
By Sydney TheCMO
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How Creditors Are Actually Getting Paid. Former FTX user Sunil Kavuri said he got word of the release last week, with funds hitting his…
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The Binance Lawsuit Gets Complicated. On the legal side, things got murky. A judge recently ruled that the FTX trust can't pursue…
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Where the Key FTX Figures Stand Now. Sam Bankman-Fried remains in federal custody. So does Ryan Salame.
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FTX's recovery trust just pushed out another $900 million to creditors. That's the fifth round of distributions since the exchange's spectacular 2022 implosion, bringing the…
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Creditors have been waiting years for this money. The 2022 collapse wiped out access to funds for a massive number of users overnight, and the trust has been grinding through a…
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The trust's approach has been methodical. Multiple rounds, multiple platforms, large sums moving through regulated exchanges.
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Five rounds in. $11 billion total. Still, plenty of creditors are probably still waiting on more.
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On the legal side, things got murky. A judge recently ruled that the FTX trust can't pursue damages against Binance and its former CEO Changpeng Zhao.
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But the court didn't shut everything down. The trust kept its right to go after $1.76 billion from Binance — tied specifically to a stake repurchase linked to Sam Bankman-Fried's…
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The $1.76 billion figure is not small. If the trust wins that one, it adds meaningful money back into the pool for creditors. Unclear yet when that case resolves.
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Related: Australia Hits Telegram With $35.8 Million Fine Threat Over Extremist Video Failures
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Sam Bankman-Fried remains in federal custody. So does Ryan Salame. Caroline Ellison, who ran Alameda Research, was released earlier this year.
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The criminal fallout from FTX's collapse has been broad. Key executives faced charges, convictions, and sentencing — a pretty sweeping legal reckoning for what was, at its peak,…
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It's worth remembering how fast FTX fell. The exchange went from apparent industry giant to bankruptcy filing in a matter of days in November 2022. Users couldn't withdraw.
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And that's the thing about a collapse this size. The legal and financial unwinding doesn't happen quickly.
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