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Why is the Backpack move a game changer for FTX EU creditors?

January 19, 2025 7 Min Read
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Why is the Backpack move a game changer for FTX EU creditors?

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  • What’s Backpack Change?
  • Why is that this excellent news for FTX EU Collectors?
    • 1. Why is that this excellent news?
    • 2. Who’re the FTX EU Collectors?
      • Learn how to Declare FTX Steadiness
    • 3. What’s the position of Backpack?
      • Why was this by no means an possibility?
  • The non-existent “dispute”’ of FTX vs. Backpack
    • Info

Backpack Change has acquired FTX EU, the previous European arm of FTX. With the acquisition, Backpack’s new EU arm will provide a full suite of crypto derivatives all through the European Union together with perpetual futures.

As a part of the acquisition, Backpack EU will undertake duty for distributing the beforehand court-approved FTX chapter claims to FTX EU prospects.

Along with compliant product choices, Backpack EU will present seamless integration with conventional cost rails together with immediate, low-cost Single Euro Funds Space (SEPA) funds and wire transfers in main currencies throughout the area.

What’s Backpack Change?

Backpack Change is a regulated international cryptocurrency trade constructing an revolutionary, easy-to-use and compliant buying and selling platform. Backpack presently serves customers from greater than 150 nations and areas with greater than $60 billion in buying and selling quantity.

Backpack is on a mission to empower merchants with superior instruments, a seamless buying and selling expertise, and versatile danger administration choices—all inside a unified buying and selling account framework. To study extra concerning the platform and imaginative and prescient, go to Backpack Change.

Backpack Change is part of the Backpack household of merchandise, together with Backpack Pockets (self-custodial crypto pockets), and Mad Lads, the main NFT challenge on Solana.

Why is that this excellent news for FTX EU Collectors?

1. Why is that this excellent news?

Backpack’s acquisition of FTX EU Ltd. is the ONLY approach for FTX EU customers to get their cash again as shortly as attainable.

  • Earlier than the acquisition, NO ONE knew HOW or WHEN the license of FTX EU Ltd. can be reactivated and the way and when the refunds would begin.
  • Now, there may be an entity (Backpack) chargeable for each:
    1. Reactivating the license of FTX EU and
    2. Executing the refunds.
  • Each issues are anticipated to occur in 2025Q1.

2. Who’re the FTX EU Collectors?

The customers that signed as much as FTX on or after March 7, 2022, are FTX EU Ltd. prospects and may make their declare with FTX EU.

The customers that signed as much as FTX previous to March 7, 2022, are NOT FTX EU Ltd. prospects and may make their declare with FTX Worldwide.

Vital Notice:

Even if you’re a FTX EU buyer, you can also have claims in opposition to FTX Worldwide

  • In the event you had pending cryptocurrency withdrawals or NFTs on FTX on November 11, 2022, the worth of these stays a declare in opposition to FTX Worldwide. You might be able to declare this steadiness through the FTX Worldwide’s authorized course of.
  • In the event you had Euro account balances, pending Euro withdrawals or open spinoff positions on November 11, 2022, (notice that spinoff positions had been all robotically closed on November 11, 2022 by FTX EU and settled in Euro), your declare is and has all the time been with FTX EU Ltd.

Learn how to Declare FTX Steadiness

For FTX EU Ltd. prospects (signed to FTX on or after March 7, 2022)

  • Account Balances and Pending Euro Withdrawals

    • Liable entity: FTX EU Ltd.
    • Declare portal: ftxeurope.eu
    • Distribution supplier: Backpack at eu.backpack.trade/declare (coming quickly)
  • Pending Crypto Withdrawals and NFTs
    • Liable entity: FTX Worldwide (FTX Buying and selling Ltd., FTX Digital Markets Ltd., and so forth.)
    • Declare portal: claims.ftx.com/welcome
    • Distribution suppliers: Kraken/BitGo/… at their respective websites

3. What’s the position of Backpack?

Backpack is chargeable for the refund of any excellent Euro balances and pending Euro withdrawals to FTX EU Ltd. prospects.

Kraken/BitGo (and another distribution supplier designated by FTX Worldwide) are chargeable for the refunds of funds beneath the scope of the FTX chapter proceedings, which not consists of the Euro balances of customers at FTX EU Ltd.

Vital Notice:

FTX Worldwide and Kraken/BitGo do NOT and won’t pay their Euro balances to FTX EU Ltd. customers. This was by no means an possibility within the first place.

Why was this by no means an possibility?

  • In March 2024, FTX EU Ltd. was faraway from the chapter proceedings after the chapter court docket authorized the sale of FTX EU Ltd. by FTX after intense litigations initiated by FTX in opposition to FTX EU’s founders.
  • Because of this the FTX chapter trustee not has any obligations concerning the Euro balances of the shoppers of FTX EU Ltd.

The non-existent “dispute”’ of FTX vs. Backpack

Backpack does not really suppose that there’s any “dispute” so to talk, as many different information retailers have sensationalized their press launch.

Backpack really agrees 100% with what FTX stated of their press launch. As an illustration:

  • Backpack will not be a part of the FTX chapter course of.
  • FTX will not be chargeable for compensation of any funds owed by FTX EU.
  • Backpack EU will likely be solely chargeable for any compensation to FTX EU prospects.

The misperception that there’s a “dispute” arises as a result of FTX’s statements had been drafted in a approach suggesting that FTX didn’t approve of the deal.

Info

  • FTX initially purchased a EU entity and renamed it as FTX EU Ltd.
  • FTX EU Ltd. was offered again to its founding workforce in February 2024
  • The founders of FTX EU Ltd. offered the corporate to Backpack in summer season 2024.
  • CySEC has now authorized that operation after many months of due diligence

FTX’s assertion rightly says “I didn’t approve this deal” however not as a result of they do not prefer it, or don’t need it to occur, or wish to in some way cease it. However as a result of FTX EU Ltd. is now owned by Patrick Gruhn & Robin Matzke (the founders of Digital Belongings AG, the European firm that was initially purchased by FTX, and that was then offered again to the founders in early 2024)

That is why the FTX assertion could be complicated.

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