FTX Founder's Holding Firma ansöker om konkurs

• FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried’s holding company, Emergent Fidelity Technologies, has filed for bankruptcy. 
• Emergent Fidelity Technologies som äger över 55 miljoner Robinhood-aktier, som är värda mer än $550 miljoner.
• SBF äger nära 90% av holdingbolaget, medan FTX-grundaren Gary Wang äger resterande 10%.
• The holding company filed for bankruptcy in the same court as FTX to pursue a “form of joint administration” between the two bankruptcies.

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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. 

Enligt en rapport från 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. 

Dessutom lämnade Emergent Fidelity Technologies in en frivillig begäran om att förklara konkurs enligt en kapitel 11-anmälan i USA:s konkursdomstol för District of Delaware och är redan ett mål för stämningsansökan som lämnades in av kryptolångivaren BlockFi i november angående ägandet av Robinhood-aktierna . 

Intressant nog har justitiedepartementet (DoJ) för närvarande kontroll över Robinhood-aktierna som för närvarande är värda $590 miljoner vid tidpunkten för publicering och kan vara värda mycket mer om den globala makroekonomiska situationen förbättras under de kommande dagarna. Dessa aktier har varit en stridspunkt bland BlockFi, FTX-borgenären Yonathan Ben Shimon och Bankman-Fried själv. 

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 behålla sina 56 miljoner aktier i Robinhood-handelsappen 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 tillade också att SBF äger nära 90% av holdingbolaget, medan medgrundaren Gary Wang äger de återstående 10%.

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