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Celsius Wind-down Secures $300M From Tether, Say GXD Labs, VanEck

A consortium established by the companies announced the recovery of Celsius funds tied to claims against Tether.

Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino at White House

Finance

Bankrupt Exchange FTX Set to Repay $1.6B to Creditors Starting on Sept. 30

The latest round of redistributions marks another step in the bankruptcy estate’s plan to make creditors whole after the 2022 collapse of Sam Bankman-Fried's exchange.

FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

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NY Bankruptcy Judge Gives Celsius the Green Light to Pursue $4.3B Lawsuit Against Tether

Celsius has accused Tether of improperly liquidating nearly 40,000 bitcoins in order to cover an outstanding loan while it was on the precipice of bankruptcy in 2022.

Paolo Ardoino (Tether)

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UK Appoints First Crypto Specialist for Insolvencies

The country has been beefing up its crypto work as digital assets have soared in popularity.

A view over the City of London taken over the Thames near Tower Bridge. (Cj / Unsplash+)

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New FTX EU Owner Backpack Initiates Customer Claims Process

Backpack, which purchased FTX EU for $32.7 million in January, directed customers to complete the first step of KYC verification.

FTX logo (Adobe Firefly)

Finance

BlockFi Appeals to Creditors to Come Forward and Claim Bankruptcy Distributions

With a May 15 deadline looming, just 43% of non-U.S. customers have claimed their distributions.

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FTX to Begin $11.4B Creditor Payouts in May After Years-Long Bankruptcy Battle


Payments to FTX’s largest creditors will start May 30, nearly three years after the exchange collapsed.

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Finance

FTX’s Initial $1.2B Payout Process to Creditors Is Underway

The payments are being distributed in U.S. dollars through BitGo and Kraken.

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FTX Sues Binance, Former CEO CZ for $1.8B

The filing alleges that FTX was already insolvent and the FTT tokens used in a share repurchase transaction were worthless, and therefore the transfer should be classed as fraudulent

Binance's former CEO, Changpeng "CZ" Zhao (Photos from Smorshedi/Wikimedia Commons and CoinDesk/Flickr, modified by CoinDesk)

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FTX's $228M Settlement With Bybit Brings Conclusion of Epic Liquidation Closer

The FTX bankruptcy nears its finish line, with recoveries higher than what was in accounts when it collapsed – though those assets missed out on the market recovery since 2022.

John J Ray III took over as FTX CEO in November 2022 (House Committee on Financial Services)