{"id":56757,"date":"2025-11-05T07:16:31","date_gmt":"2025-11-05T07:16:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=56757"},"modified":"2025-11-05T07:16:31","modified_gmt":"2025-11-05T07:16:31","slug":"u-turn-by-ftx-withdraws-proposal-potentially-impacting-customer-claims-worldwide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=56757","title":{"rendered":"U-Turn By FTX: Withdraws Proposal Potentially Impacting Customer Claims Worldwide"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>The bankruptcy estate of the now-defunct cryptocurrency exchange FTX has decided to withdraw its motion aimed at limiting creditor distributions to certain \u201cpotentially restricted foreign jurisdictions.\u201d This decision follows substantial pushback from creditors and a wave of objections filed in bankruptcy court.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2>FTX Trust Abandons Controversial Plan<\/h2>\n<p>The FTX Recovery Trust, which filed a <a href=\"https:\/\/restructuring.ra.kroll.com\/ftx\/Home-DocketInfo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">notice <\/a>on Monday, had previously sought court approval to freeze payouts to creditors in 49 countries, including China, Saudi Arabia, Russia, and Ukraine, citing ambiguous or restrictive local regulations surrounding cryptocurrency.<\/p>\n<p>The trust\u2019s motion, filed in early July, aimed to implement procedures that could have significantly affected the rights of creditors in these regions. However, numerous objections\u2014over 70\u2014were submitted shortly after the motion was made public, prompting the estate to reconsider its approach.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Weiwei Ji, a creditor, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/zhetengji\/status\/1985496492195659973\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">emphasized <\/a>that while the withdrawal represents a victory for affected creditors, it is crucial to remain vigilant until compensation is fully received. He warned that the implications of the motion extended beyond FTX creditors and could potentially undermine trust in the global cryptocurrency ecosystem.<\/p>\n<p>In related developments, the FTX estate\u2019s planned repayment strategy has raised concerns about the actual value of distributions. Creditor representative Sunil Kavuri cautioned that creditors might receive far less than anticipated, particularly since repayments are being issued in fiat currency rather than cryptocurrencies.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He pointed out that while the estate has outlined a 143% <a href=\"https:\/\/bitcoinist.com\/crypto-giant-animoca-brands-initial-public-offering\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener \">repayment plan<\/a> in fiat terms, this does not adequately reflect the losses incurred when measured in cryptocurrencies.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, amidst the backdrop of FTX\u2019s legal struggles, co-founder Sam Bankman-Fried is seeking to overturn his fraud conviction and 25-year prison sentence.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2>Sam Bankman-Fried Seeks To Overturn Conviction<\/h2>\n<p>Bankman-Fried\u2019s legal team <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2025-11-04\/sbf-to-argue-he-was-presumed-guilty-after-ftx-in-trial-appeal#:~:text=%E2%80%9CHe%20was%20presumed%20guilty%20%E2%80%94%20before,at%20his%20popular%20cryptocurrency%20exchange.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">argues <\/a>that he was wrongfully convicted due to a rush to judgment influenced by the media, prosecutors, and notably, US District Judge Lewis Kaplan. In a brief submitted to the 2nd US Circuit Court of Appeals, Bankman-Fried\u2019s lawyers contended that he was presumed guilty even before formal charges were filed.<\/p>\n<p>The appeal is being presented by Alexandra Shapiro, a criminal appeals lawyer known for her successes in similar cases. She is set to argue against the conduct of Judge Kaplan, who has been accused of bias against Bankman-Fried throughout the trial.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The defense claims that Kaplan pressured jurors for a swift verdict by offering amenities and suggesting they could extend their deliberation hours. Moreover, they assert that the judge \u201cridiculed\u201d Bankman-Fried\u2019s testimony and undermined his defense.<\/p>\n<p>Bankman-Fried\u2019s legal team is also challenging Kaplan\u2019s decision to prevent him from informing the jury that FTX had sufficient assets to <a href=\"https:\/\/bitcoinist.com\/coinbase-to-acquire-bvnk-in-2-billion-deal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener \">repay its customers<\/a>, while the prosecution was allowed to assert that he had stolen billions, leading to the company\u2019s downfall.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Amidst these legal battles, there are reports that Bankman-Fried\u2019s parents are exploring options for securing a <a href=\"https:\/\/bitcoinist.com\/binance-denies-political-payback-tied-trumps-pardon\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener \">presidential pardon<\/a>, potentially from former President Donald Trump.\u00a0Bankman-Fried\u2019s team maintains that he did not intend to defraud customers, believing they would ultimately be repaid.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tradingview.com\/x\/dbNVAUC8\/\" alt=\"FTX\" width=\"1814\" height=\"928\"><\/p>\n<p>Featured image from DALL-E, chart from TradingView.com\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The bankruptcy estate of the now-defunct cryptocurrency exchange FTX has decided to withdraw its motion aimed at limiting creditor distributions to certain \u201cpotentially restricted foreign jurisdictions.\u201d This decision follows substantial pushback from creditors and a wave of objections filed in bankruptcy court.\u00a0 FTX Trust Abandons Controversial Plan The FTX Recovery Trust, which filed a notice [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[3,4,5],"class_list":["post-56757","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-crypto","tag-doge","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56757","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=56757"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56757\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=56757"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=56757"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=56757"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}