FTX Nears Completion of Court-Approved Repayment Plan, Aims to Distribute $16B to Creditors by March 2025

A Nov. 21 press statement revealed that the FTX estate plans to start distributing approximately $16 billion to creditors by March 2025.

FTX is nearing the finish line of its court-approved repayment plan, two years after the cryptocurrency exchange collapsed due to corporate mismanagement and fraud.

A Nov. 21 press statement from the FTX estate revealed that it plans to begin distributing a total of approximately $16 billion to creditors by March 2025. The Chapter 11 reorganization is expected to take effect in January, with the initial creditor payments to be made 60 days later.

Next month, claimants will finalize arrangements with specialized distribution agents, and the bankruptcy court will issue an order on the “Disputed Claims Reserve Amount” in December.

“We are pleased to announce that we will begin distributing proceeds to creditors in early 2025. The timeline laid out reflects the experience and continued work of the team of professionals supporting the Debtors, who already have recovered billions of dollars on behalf of FTX’s creditors and customers.”

John J. Ray III, FTX CEO and chief restructuring officer

Ray III stepped in as FTX CEO after founder Sam Bankman-Fried filed for Chapter 11 protection for his crypto empire in late 2022. Despite his long tenure as a bankruptcy administrator, Ray III was left slamming the “startling” mismanagement throughout Bankman-Fried's companies.

Months of recovery efforts and lawsuits eventually managed to recoup around $16 billion in cash and cryptocurrencies for the FTX estate. Creditors and investors of the defunct exchange are set to receive back most, if not all, of their assets.

Meanwhile, FTX's founder was found guilty of fraud, despite denying any criminal intentions. Bankman-Fried was sentenced to 25 years in prison and plans to appeal the verdict, slamming judicial bias.

Members of his inner circle received lighter sentences or no jail time in return for testifying against SBF. His former co-founder Gary Wang walked away with two years of supervised release. Ex-Alameda co-CEO Caroline Ellison began serving a two-year sentence on Nov. 7. The disgraced executives also forfeited all gains and assets they received during their time under Bankman-Fried.