Crypto change Backpack has initiated the primary section of the claims course of for former FTX customers in Europe.
According to an April 1 announcement, customers might want to create an account on the change, submit Know Your Buyer info, and join it to their FTX EU declare account.
Backpack has not set a deadline for this section of the claims course of and has but to offer a timeline for when distributions will start. Customers will face a withdrawal charge of €5 ($5.39) for claims beneath €2,000 ($2,158) and 0.25% for quantities above it.
Supply: Armani Ferrante
Backpack acquired FTX EU in January 2025 to supply crypto derivatives, together with perpetual futures, all through Europe. The acquisition marked the top of a prolonged battle to purchase the European arm of the bankrupt change.
Backpack CEO Armani Ferrante mentioned on the time of the acquisition that the corporate was dedicated to returning FTX EU funds as quick and as safely as potential.
FTX creditor activist Sunil Kavuri told Cointelegraph in January 2025 that the sale of FTX EU to Backpack added “additional confusion and nervousness amongst FTX EU prospects and the compensation of their funds.”
“Some FTX EU prospects signed as much as these distributors, and they’re confused about who might be distributing their funds again to them — Backpack, Kraken or Bitgo,” Kavuri mentioned on the time.
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Particulars on the primary a part of the claims course of
For distribution quantities, the FAQ web page on Backpack’s web site states that each one positions have been closed utilizing market costs on the time the change was shut down, and every was settled in euros.
Moreover, customers with pending cryptocurrency withdrawals on Nov. 11, 2022, ought to have filed a declare in FTX’s US chapter proceedings. Such customers could also be eligible to obtain distributions from the FTX Restoration Belief, which Backpack isn’t concerned with.
Moreover, EU residents who signed up for FTX earlier than March 7, 2022, usually are not thought-about FTX EU prospects and will file their claims with FTX Worldwide, not Backpack.
FTX Property’s subsequent spherical of distributions on Could 30
FTX Digital Markets, separate from FTX EU, distributed its first round of reimbursements on Feb. 18, with exchanges BitGo and Kraken facilitating the distributions. That first spherical of reimbursements went to “Comfort Class” members, these with claims beneath $50,000.
The following spherical of reimbursements tied to FTX’s US chapter proceedings is ready to exit on Could 30 and includes creditors beneath Class 5 Buyer Entitlement Claims and Class 6 Normal Unsecured Claims. FTX is expected to use $11.4 billion to make the funds
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