The bankruptcy of FTX is already looking like everything else these days. Corrupt as usual. Truth avoidance seems to be top of the news.
There is a big difference between $296 million and $3.5 Billion, so one wonders what is going on as always. It doesn't look good, looks like $3 billion is about to go missing as far as I can see.
Bahamas regulator sticks to estimate of FTX assets (channelnewsasia.com)
Bahamas regulator sticks to estimate of FTX assets
 FILE PHOTO: The logo of FTX is seen at the entrance of the FTX Arena in Miami, Florida, U.S., November 12, 2022. REUTERS/Marco Bello
03 Jan 2023 12:04PM(Updated: 03 Jan 2023 12:37PM)
The Securities Commission of the Bahamas (SCB) rebuffed on Monday FTX's claims about the digital assets of its Bahamas unit held by the regulator, saying the debtors of the bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange had "incomplete information".
Last month, the SCB said it had seized more than $3.5 billion in cryptocurrency from the unit, FTX Digital Markets, which it was holding for future repayment to customers and other creditors.
FTX disputed SCB's calculations, saying its digital assets seized in November were worth just $296 million and not $3.5 billion.
"Such public assertions by the Chapter 11 debtors were
based on incomplete information," the regulator said in a statement on Monday.
There was no immediate response from FTX, which has been at odds with Bahamian officials since filing for bankruptcy protection on Nov. 11.
Bahamas officials have sought access to FTX's records to help liquidate FTX Digital Markets, but the company's U.S. bankruptcy team said it did not trust them with the information.
FTX's founder and former chief executive, Sam Bankman-Fried, was arrested on fraud charges and is expected to be arraigned on Tuesday before U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan in Manhattan federal court.
The firm's new chief executive, John Ray, has said the exchange lost $8 billion of customer money.
Source: Reuters |
