FTX requests Chapter 15 bankruptcy case moved to Delaware, hearing on Tuesday

U.S. bankruptcy hearings for the failed FTX cryptocurrency exchange will start next week when a court on Nov. 22 will hear a request to move some proceeding to Delaware from New York, according to a court filing.

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Fast facts

• Judge John T. Dorsey in Delaware has agreed to hear the motion to transfer venue, previously scheduled for Nov. 21, showed a court filing submitted on Thursday.
• FTX Digital Markets, the exchange’s Bahama-based entity, filed for Chapter 15 bankruptcy protection — typically used in cases involving assets in more than one country — to the Southern District of New York court, but FTX lawyers are seeking to have the Delaware court take over the Chapter 15 proceedings.
• FTX Trading, also known as FTX.com, last week filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
• FTX said in a bankruptcy filing on Nov. 14 that it has more than 100,000 creditors and that figure could exceed one million.

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