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FTX says it could have over 1 million creditors
NBC News ^ | Nov.15, 2022 | Ryan Browne

Posted on 11/15/2022 9:50:03 AM PST by Aquamarine

Beleaguered cryptocurrency exchange FTX may have more than 1 million creditors, according to a new bankruptcy filing, hinting at the huge impact of its collapse on crypto traders.

Last week, when it filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, FTX indicated that it had more than 100,000 creditors with claims in the case.

But in an updated filing Tuesday, lawyers for the company said: “In fact, there could be more than one million creditors in these Chapter 11 Cases.”

Typically in such cases, debtors are required to provide a list of the names and addresses of the top 20 unsecured creditors, the lawyers said. However, given the scale of its debts, the group instead intends to file a list of the 50 largest creditors on or before Friday.

Five new independent directors have been appointed at each of FTX’s main parent companies, according to the filing, including the former Delaware district judge, Joseph J. Farnan, who will serve as lead independent director.

Over the past 72 hours, FTX has been in contact with “dozens” of regulators in the U.S. and overseas, the company’s lawyers wrote. These include the U.S. Attorney’s Office, the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Crime/Corruption; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bitcoin; cryptocurrency; ftx; sambankmanfried
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1 posted on 11/15/2022 9:50:03 AM PST by Aquamarine
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To: Aquamarine

Over one million creditors? EGAD!


2 posted on 11/15/2022 9:51:09 AM PST by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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To: Army Air Corps

that’s a lot of stupid creditors ...


3 posted on 11/15/2022 9:54:26 AM PST by bankwalker (Repeal the 19th ...)
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To: Aquamarine

“There’s a sucker born every minute.”


4 posted on 11/15/2022 9:55:07 AM PST by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer” )
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Does the implosion of cryptocurrency move the Market to hard assets such as crude oil and metals?


5 posted on 11/15/2022 9:55:55 AM PST by Aquamarine
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To: Aquamarine
I had no idea there were over a million people named Mark, Shmuck, and Rube.

Those creditors should immediately sue all politicians who took their money personally as well as office holders, and the DNC, RNC, and their executives.

6 posted on 11/15/2022 9:56:11 AM PST by blackdog (The head, hands, and heart, serve even further than the purse. )
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To: Aquamarine

What’s the difference between 1 creditor and 1 million creditors when you can never pay them back?


7 posted on 11/15/2022 9:56:44 AM PST by Boogieman
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To: Aquamarine

I smell bail out...TOO BIG TO FAIL...Hahaahahahah


8 posted on 11/15/2022 9:56:55 AM PST by The Louiswu (The times, they are a changing. )
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Where’s the raid? Roger Stone, Michael Flynn, Steve Bannon, and Rudy Guliani were put through the wringer for far less.


9 posted on 11/15/2022 9:57:13 AM PST by proust (All posts made under this handle are, for the intents and purposes of the author, considered satire.)
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To: Aquamarine

Interesting thought.

Anyone that wants to try to see any of their money again needs to file a proof of claim. So all that money they they tried to hide from the govenrment is suddenly going to be visible to the IRS.

I bet the amount claimed is really going to shrink. What money launderer or tax evader is going to want to paint a target on his or her back?


10 posted on 11/15/2022 9:57:34 AM PST by PAR35
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11 posted on 11/15/2022 10:03:05 AM PST by Rummyfan (In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man. )
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This guy was a big dem supporter.

It’s broom time!


12 posted on 11/15/2022 10:03:15 AM PST by Fido969 (45 is Superman! )
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To: blueunicorn6

Hope they’re all Ds


13 posted on 11/15/2022 10:04:04 AM PST by TribalPrincess2U (D.I.S.T.R.A.C.T.I.O.N.S.)
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To: Aquamarine

There are 5 million creditors.


14 posted on 11/15/2022 10:05:31 AM PST by JonPreston
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To: Aquamarine
Gianluca Giuffra, a 25-year-old investor from Lima, Peru, used FTX to trade digital assets and picked the exchange because he thought it was a safe bet.

“Sam looks like a very honest person,” he said, “He doesn’t look like the type of guy that would do crazy stuff behind users’ backs.”

15 posted on 11/15/2022 10:07:55 AM PST by Rummyfan (In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man. )
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To: Aquamarine
This may not be an implosion of crypto in general, but just in crypto exchanges.

More people will transfer their holdings to physical wallets rather than keep them on the exchanges.

The exchanges will just act like... exchanges, and not like unregulated banks.

16 posted on 11/15/2022 10:11:29 AM PST by who_would_fardels_bear (What is left around which to circle the wagons?)
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To: Aquamarine

They need to claw back the donations to the DNC, after all they were made with illegal money.


17 posted on 11/15/2022 10:11:43 AM PST by McGavin999 (A sense of humor is a sign of intelligence, leftists have no sense of humor, therefore………)
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To: Aquamarine

Might break Trump’s record


18 posted on 11/15/2022 10:27:04 AM PST by PatriotarchyQ
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To: Aquamarine

The FBI doesn’t have time to investigate, they’re still focused on Jan 6.


19 posted on 11/15/2022 10:28:58 AM PST by 1Old Pro
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To: Rummyfan

Guess stealing money itself has a low impact on the environment (until one factors having to re-earn it).


20 posted on 11/15/2022 10:30:01 AM PST by Freedom of Speech Wins (A)
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