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FTX Creditor Returns Are Impressive, But Not For Everyone
Under The Radar: Bankruptcy News You May Have Missed
4 Things To Know Now About FTX's Chapter 11 Plan
FTX Creditor Returns Are Impressive, But Not For Everyone
The fact that former customers of defunct cryptocurrency exchange FTX will recover their full claims, plus interest, does not mean they are happy about it, showing that even the best-case outcome in an impossibly complicated bankruptcy can still leave creditors feeling bruised.
Under The Radar: Bankruptcy News You May Have Missed
A group of secured lenders to food giant Del Monte have asked Delaware's Chancery Court to find a liability management transaction was an event of default for an original loan, insurers are hoping two seasoned mediators will be able to iron out a long-running dispute with a bankrupt New York diocese, and lawyers for cancer patients say a bankrupt talc miner's Chapter 11 plan would result in uneven recoveries for personal injury claimants.
4 Things To Know Now About FTX's Chapter 11 Plan
This week, FTX Trading Ltd. won confirmation of its bankruptcy plan that clears a path for it to start repaying as much as $16.5 billion to creditors, including former customers who had cryptocurrency at the exchange when it unraveled in 2022 under the weight of founder Sam Bankman-Fried's fraud.
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