FTX Japan maksaa hyvityksiä asiakkaille helmikuusta 2023 alkaen

The Japanese subsidiary of the nyt konkurssiin mennyt kryptopörssi FTX is looking to begin returning asiakkaan omaisuutta from February next year, the company said in a selvitys Torstai.

FTX Japan said it is developing systems to enable its customers to withdraw their assets via Liquid Japan, a crypto trading platform hankittu by FTX Trading Ltd in an undisclosed deal this spring.

A three-step process will see customers open Liquid Japan accounts by mid-January, followed by balance checks and the opening of withdrawals in mid-February.

“We deeply apologize for the big trouble caused by the prolonged suspension of services for the withdrawal of legal currency as well as crypto assets,” the subsidiary said in yesterday’s statement.

FTX Japan put on sale

Earlier this month, the Japanese company sanoi it confirmed with the law firm representing FTX Trading in the Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings that Japanese customers’ cash and cryptocurrency holdings “should not be part of FTX Japan’s estate.”

Further developments saw the crypto exchange’s new management team, which is now helmed by John Ray III, jättää liikkeen to the Bankruptcy Court of Delaware to approve bidding procedures for four of the firm’s independent solvent subsidiaries in the U.S., Japan, and Europe.

Se oli myös raportoitu that FTX Japan was holding about $94.5 million in crypto assets and $46 million in fiat currency in designated client accounts.

FTX Japan was less than six months old when its parent company collapsed. When it launched back in June, Bankman-Fried was appointed its interim CEO.

Tuolloin hän on kuvattu Japan as “a highly regulated market with a potential market size of almost $1 trillion when it comes to cryptocurrency trading.