
La société holding du fondateur de FTX dépose son bilan
- FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried’s holding company, Emergent Fidelity Technologies, has filed for bankruptcy.
- Emergent Fidelity Technologies qui détient plus de 55 millions d'actions Robinhood, qui valent plus de $550 millions.
- SBF détient près de 90% de la société holding, tandis que le co-fondateur de FTX, Gary Wang, détient les 10% restants.
- The holding company filed for bankruptcy in the same court as FTX to pursue a “form of joint administration” between the two bankruptcies.
The bearish rhythm initiated by the collapse of the former multi-billion dollar crypto exchange, FTX, currently resonates throughout the world, despite the crypto market’s recent recovery from its adverse effects in the recent period. Interestingly, the holding company of the exchange’s founder, Sam Bankman-Fried, also known as Emergent Fidelity Technologies, has filed for bankruptcy.
Selon un rapport de Bloomberg, the Antigua and Barbuda-based company filed for bankruptcy on Friday, joining the 130+ companies associated with FTX that have issued similar filings. Moreover, it is also crucial to note that it is Emergent Fidelity Technologies that owns over 55 million Robinhood shares, which are worth more than $550 million and are a crucial part of the exchange’s bankruptcy process.
En outre, Emergent Fidelity Technologies a déposé une requête volontaire pour déclarer faillite en vertu d'un dépôt en vertu du chapitre 11 auprès du tribunal des faillites des États-Unis pour le district du Delaware et est déjà la cible du procès intenté par le prêteur crypto BlockFi en novembre concernant la propriété des actions Robinhood. .
Fait intéressant, le ministère de la Justice (DoJ) contrôle actuellement les actions de Robinhood qui valent actuellement $590 millions au moment de la publication et pourraient valoir beaucoup plus si la situation macroéconomique mondiale s'améliore dans les prochains jours. Ces actions ont été un point de discorde entre BlockFi, le créancier FTX Yonathan Ben Shimon et Bankman-Fried lui-même.
The DoJ seized around 55,273,469 shares of Robinhood (HOOD) along with $20 million in cash from Emergent Fidelity Technologies, which were cited as the “only known assets” belonging to the holding company. Prior to the seizure by the DoJ, these shares were held by brokerage firm ED&F Man Capital Markets.
A court filing on January 6 said that the “indictment includes forfeiture allegations, seeking to forfeit property that constitutes or was derived from proceeds traceable to the conspiracy to commit wire fraud and property involved in the conspiracy to commit money laundering.”
As reported by Bitnation in an earlier report, Sam Bankman-Fried’s lawyers have submitted a plea to conserver ses 56 millions d'actions de l'application de trading Robinhood reversing the DoJ’s decision to seize the same. The lawyers claim that SBF has “not been found criminally or civilly liable for fraud, and it is improper for FTX debtors to ask the Court to simply assume that everything Mr. Bankman-Fried ever touched is presumptively fraudulent.”
It was also revealed by Angela Barkhouse, one of the Joint Provisional Liquidators in the case, that the holding company filed for bankruptcy in the same court as FTX to pursue a “form of joint administration” between the two bankruptcies.
“The [Joint Provisional Liquidators’] duties are to the Debtor’s creditors, whoever those creditors may be,” said Barkhouse. “Given the many parties claiming to be creditors or outright owners of the [Robinhood shares] in proceedings in the U.S., the JPLs believe that chapter 11 protection is the only practical way to empower the Debtor to defend itself, the Assets, and its creditors’ interests in the U.S.”
Barkhouse a également ajouté que SBF détient près de 90% de la société holding, tandis que le co-fondateur Gary Wang détient les 10% restants.