The bankrupt FTX alternate has challenged the introduced sale of its European subsidiary, FTX EU, to Backpack, a crypto platform based by former FTX staff.
In a Jan. 8 assertion, FTX clarified that its subsidiary FTX Europe AG wholly owns FTX EU. The corporate said that the anticipated switch of FTX EU shares to former insiders of FTX Europe has not occurred as beforehand disclosed.
FTX additionally clarified that the USA Chapter Court docket for the District of Delaware didn’t approve Backpack’s acquisition of FTX EU.
Earlier agreements beneath the courtroom’s supervision allowed the FTX Debtors to promote FTX EU to former FTX Europe insiders as a part of a settlement.
Nevertheless, the bankrupt alternate claimed that these insiders organized an oblique switch of FTX EU to Backpack with out the corporate’s or the courtroom’s prior data.
FTX EU asset restoration
FTX additional distanced itself from any connection between Backpack and the continuing asset restoration course of for its international collectors.
In response to FTX, Backpack wouldn’t return funds to prospects or collectors beneath the US Chapter Court docket’s jurisdiction. As a substitute, FTX EU is independently liable for addressing any liabilities owed to its former prospects.
The assertion highlighted that the agency would deal with buyer claims associated to FTX EU completely after the subsidiary’s sale was finalized. The bankrupt alternate burdened that it bears no duty for settling such claims or managing buyer funds held by FTX EU.
Moreover, FTX disclaimed any affiliation with Backpack’s latest communications, together with its web site and press releases about asset restoration. The corporate burdened that it has not reviewed or authorised any info disseminated by Backpack.
Backpack’s stance
In response, Backpack maintained that the acquisition of FTX EU was official and accomplished in compliance with regulatory tips.
Backpack’s CEO Armani Ferrante said that the transaction concerned FTX EU’s founders and was cleared by the Cyprus Securities and Alternate Fee after a year-long overview course of. Ferrante emphasised that the acquisition didn’t contain the chapter property.
In response to him:
“FTX EU was bought to its authentic founders and authorised by the chapter courtroom, free and clear. Backpack purchased the corporate not from the property, however from the FTX EU founders.”
Ferrante reiterated that FTX EU’s obligations to its former prospects are actually solely managed by Backpack.
He additionally confirmed that his alternate will not be concerned in FTX’s ongoing chapter proceedings and won’t deal with fund distributions for worldwide FTX prospects.