纽约法官批准FTX、Alameda和CFTC达成127亿美元和解协议

币界网Published on 2024-08-08Last updated on 2024-08-08

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作者:Tom Mitchelhill,CoinTelegraph;编译:五铢,

纽约一名法官最终批准已倒闭的加密货币交易所 FTX 及其姊妹交易公司 Alameda Research 向 FTX 债权人偿还 127 亿美元,作为与美国商品期货交易委员会 (CFTC) 达成和解的一部分。

在 8 月 7 日提交的一份文件中,美国地区法官 Peter Castel 正式批准了 127 亿美元的同意令,FTX 和 Alameda 签署该同意令是为了解决 CFTC 长达 20 个月的诉讼。

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FTX 同意支付 127 亿美元以和解 CFTC 执法行动。来源:CourtListener

FTX 和 Alameda 最初于 7 月 12 日达成和解,但该诉讼仍需等待法院最终批准,地区法官卡斯特尔于 8 月 7 日做出了最终裁定。

值得注意的是,大宗商品监管机构并未寻求民事罚款,这意味着全部 127 亿美元将用于直接偿还 FTX 债权人。

FTX 和 Alameda 同意向被创始人 Sam Bankman-Fried 欺骗的投资者偿还 87 亿美元。他们还被勒令退还另外 40 亿美元。

该命令还将永久禁止 FTX 和 Alameda Research“欺骗或诈骗”大宗商品客户,进行涉及“数字资产商品”的交易,并禁止他们代表第三方购买或出售数字资产商品。

该商品监管机构被 FTX(由破产专家 John Ray III 接管)列为其正在进行的破产案中的“最重要的单一债权人”。

CFTC 于 2022 年 12 月起诉 FTX、其前首席执行官 Sam Bankman-Fried 和 Alameda Research,声称该公司犯有欺诈行为,并通过将自己宣传为“数字商品资产平台”而做出虚假陈述。

根据 FTX 于 2022 年 11 月申请破产时资产价格的美元价值,当前版本的 FTX 重组计划将为 98% 的债权人(债权金额低于 50,000 美元的债权人)带来 118% 的回报。

然而,许多 FTX 债权人表示希望以实物形式获得加密货币支付,这将考虑到自 FTX 申请第 11 章保护以来,加密货币市场的总市值增长了约 150%。

债权人目前正在投票决定他们希望如何获得支付。他们必须在 8 月 16 日之前提出申请,美国破产法院法官约翰·多尔西 (John Dorsey) 将于 10 月 7 日做出最终决定。

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