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The collapsed cryptocurrency exchange Mt. Gox has extended the repayment deadline for creditors to October 31, 2027. Trustee Nobuaki Kobayashi stated that the Tokyo District Court has approved the adjustment of the relevant repayment deadline. This is the sixth extension for Mt. Gox since 2023.Most creditors who have completed the necessary processes and encountered no issues have received their repayments; however, some creditors have not received payments due to incomplete processes or payment processing issues. Mt. Gox began repaying creditors in Bitcoin and Bitcoin Cash in July 2024, and by March 2025, it reported that over 19,500 creditors had received repayments. The latest notice did not disclose the number of unpaid creditors or the amount of Bitcoin yet to be distributed. As of Tuesday, wallets belonging to Mt. Gox still hold approximately 34,400 Bitcoins, valued at around $2.8 billion.

The bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange Mt. Gox announced that, given the necessity to complete repayments to creditors within a reasonable and feasible timeframe, the bankruptcy administrator, with court permission, has decided to extend the repayment deadline from October 31, 2026, to October 31, 2027.

According to Onchain Lens monitoring, the Alameda/FTX address has recently unstaked and transferred 202,700 SOL, worth 20.62 million USD, in the past half hour.Based on past records, similar transfers may be used for FTX creditor payments.

Echo Base is an institution focused on stabilizing digital asset companies, assisting in the formation of the BitMart Creditors' Committee, representing users holding frozen assets, and hiring legal advisors to evaluate recovery plans, including applying for bankruptcy proceedings without financial support. Echo Base had proposed a funding plan of up to $10 million to support BitMart in submitting a pre-negotiated bankruptcy application, but received no response from BitMart.Echo Base stated that the relevant actions stem from BitMart's failure to respond to the restructuring proposal and user withdrawal requests. Sonn Law Group has initiated an investigation for users with frozen assets of $500,000 or more at BitMart, assessing potential claims and asset recovery plans. Echo Base CEO Roshan Dharia stated that BitMart's employee plan can only sustain operations until January 2027, and the longer the delay, the fewer viable options there will be.

According to Arkham monitoring, Alameda Research associated addresses transferred a total of 8.25 million USD in SOL to BitGo custody wallets through 24 transactions, presumably for distribution of compensation to FTX creditors.Arkham data shows that Alameda currently still holds over 200 million USD in SOL.

The FTX bankruptcy asset management team will initiate the fifth round of creditor fund distribution, expected to distribute approximately $900 million to eligible creditors. So far, the FTX bankruptcy asset management team has distributed nearly $10 billion to creditors.

U.S. Senator Cynthia Lummis released an updated draft of the CLARITY Act, which aims to require digital commodity exchanges, brokers, and dealers to segregate customer assets and prohibit the use of customer funds and assets as the platform's own property.The draft also aims to classify digital commodities held by the platform on behalf of customers as "customer property" in bankruptcy liquidation proceedings, reducing the risk of users being classified as general unsecured creditors.

According to The Block, Movement's original core development company Movement Labs (MVMT) applied for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in a bankruptcy court in Delaware, USA, earlier this month.According to documents submitted on July 15, the company reported assets between $100,000 and $500,000, with liabilities reaching up to $10 million, listing nearly 299 creditors, among which the largest unsecured claim is over $1.6 million from the ousted co-founder Rushikesh Manche. Manche retains a 34.25% equity stake and has previously filed a lawsuit regarding legal fees related to the Department of Justice grand jury investigation into the MOVE token issuance scandal, which was supported.The company was the core developer of the Ethereum Layer 2 network Movement Network and completed a $38 million Series A financing led by Polychain. In December 2024, the MOVE token issuance crisis was triggered by a market maker sell-off, leading to Manche's dismissal after an internal investigation, and core development work has since been transferred to Move Industries.

FTX announced that the fifth round of bankruptcy distributions will begin on July 31, distributing approximately $900 million to eligible creditors. Only claim holders of categories 5A, 5B, 6A, 6B, and category 7 who complete claim verification, KYC verification, tax form submission, and sanctions screening by the deadline of June 16, and successfully onboard with BitGo, Kraken, or Payoneer, are eligible for the distribution. Funds will be credited within one to three business days starting from July 31.Currently, creditors from 45 jurisdictions are excluded due to the lack of available distribution service providers, including China, Russia, Ukraine, Cuba, Iran, and others. FTX stated that the coverage of service providers may change, but even if it opens in the future, payments on July 31 cannot be retroactively applied. FTX warned that creditors who do not successfully complete onboarding within six months from July 31 may lose their right to the distribution for that claim.As of now, the cumulative distribution ratios announced by FTX are 105% for categories 5A and 5B, 103% for categories 6A and 6B, and 120% for category 7, but these percentages are based on the claim amounts approved by the court rather than the current market value.

FTX Recovery Trust and FTX announced that the next round of fund distribution will start on July 31, allocating approximately $900 million to convenience and non-convenience claimants in the restructuring plan. Eligible creditors can receive funds through BitGo, Kraken, or Payoneer accounts within 1 to 3 business days.This round of distribution is the fifth round of repayments to creditors by FTX. According to the FTX restructuring plan, convenience claims under $50,000 will receive 120% repayment, while other claims will receive distributions of 103% to 105%. Since FTX filed for bankruptcy in November 2022, FTX Recovery Trust has distributed approximately $10 billion. Former FTX CEO Sam "SBF" Bankman-Fried was sentenced to 25 years in prison in 2024, and his conviction and sentencing appeal were dismissed last month.

According to Arkham monitoring, the U.S. government will transfer $250,000 worth of SHIB confiscated from FTX and Alameda to a government wallet, which is expected to be used to repay FTX creditors.

According to The Defiant, the defunct DeFi yield protocol Stream Finance has begun collecting potential creditor information through an online form in preparation for "potential global solutions." Stream first revealed its intention to liquidate in May. The debt structure is complex: direct holders of xUSD, xBTC, and xETH are one class of creditors, while institutional lenders (curators on Euler, Morpho, Silo, Gearbox) accepting Stream tokens as collateral are another.Research institution Yields and More estimates the direct debt exposure to be approximately $285 million, with the largest curator TelosC accounting for about $124 million and Elixir for about $68 million (which represents 65% of its deUSD stablecoin reserves). Stream has collected claims information but has not committed to a specific compensation plan, and the priority of creditors has yet to be determined. Stream is also involved in legal disputes with former operator Caleb McMeans.Last November, Stream disclosed that external fund managers had lost approximately $93 million in assets, leading to the de-pegging of xUSD and freezing about $160 million in deposits. xUSD is currently quoted at approximately $0.08, down about 92% from its pegged price.

Due to SpaceX's market value exceeding $2.5 trillion after its IPO last week, creditors of the bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange FTX may benefit from this. Before FTX's collapse in 2022, it had invested $190 million in SpaceX through a fund from the venture capital firm K5 Global. Creditor representative Sunil Kavuri stated that based on SpaceX's current market value, FTX's investment exposure in SpaceX could be worth billions of dollars. Previously, FTX's Chief Executive Officer John J. Ray III had indicated that the performance of the co-investment with K5 Global would be a key driving force in the asset recovery efforts.

Stream Finance stated on platform X that the Stream trading protocol is seeking ways to maximize the asset value for customers and creditors, with the goal of integrating, liquidating, and distributing assets as quickly and prudently as possible. The team is currently considering several strategic alternatives that require participation from customers and creditors, and more details are expected to be provided in the coming weeks. For related inquiries, please contact Jeremiah Ledgwidge at Cooley LLP.In November last year, Stream Finance disclosed a $93 million asset loss and suspended withdrawals, after which XUSD significantly depegged.

The FTX liquidation trust fund will distribute approximately $2.2 billion to creditors in the fourth distribution on March 31, 2026.

According to Arkham monitoring, the bankruptcy administrators of Alameda Research distributed over $15 million worth of SOL to creditors in the recent round of monthly allocations.A total of $15.6 million in SOL was transferred to 25 independent addresses, as part of a continuous distribution plan that has been ongoing for 21 months. The Alameda on-chain wallet currently still holds $314.95 million worth of SOL.

FTX creditor representative Sunil posted on the X platform, stating that the next round of fund distribution for FTX is expected to take place on March 31. Currently, the total reconciled claims amount to approximately $9.6 billion, of which: claims below $50,000 are about $780 million, claims above $50,000 are about $7.8 billion, and non-customer claims are about $1 billion.Sunil also pointed out that the size of the dispute reserve has decreased by approximately $2.2 billion. If the subsequent allocation of about $2 billion is completed, it is expected that the claims category above $50,000 may receive about $1.7 billion in additional payouts. Overall, the recovery progress for FTX creditors continues to advance, and the pace of future distributions will still depend on the handling of disputed claims and the progress of asset liquidation.

FTX creditor representative Sunil posted on the X platform, stating that some users have reported passing KYC verification for the next batch of FTX payouts, but were asked to provide information such as work experience over the past 10 years, trading strategies, trading history, and initial investment capital.Some users are still waiting for KYC verification to be approved. The next batch of FTX payouts must be registered by February 14, and users need to complete KYC verification, submit the W-8 BEN form, and choose a payout distribution agent.

On-chain detective ZachXBT previously disclosed that Danny / Meech, also known as Danish Zulfiqar (Khan), is suspected to have been arrested by law enforcement and had his crypto assets seized. He was involved in the $243 million Genesis creditor theft case, carried out in conjunction with Malone, Veer, Chen, and Jeandiel. However, the Dubai police or UAE regulatory authorities have not yet made any public statements, nor have any local media reports confirmed any villa raids, arrests, or seizures related to Zulfiqar, the Genesis creditor theft case, or the earlier Kroll SIM card exchange incident.

FTX creditor Arush disclosed on social media that there were three final bidders with financial strength for the FTX 2.0 reboot project, but they were ultimately rejected by the bankruptcy lawyers.Arush revealed that he was recruited by Arj to be responsible for the FTX 2.0 reboot bidding, and his consortium became one of the three final bidders. The three bidders were: Arj/Tribe in partnership with an undisclosed public exchange; Thomas Farley's Bullish; and Mike Cagney's Figure.According to him, each bidding proposal included significant equity components, which could have brought hundreds of billions of dollars in value to FTX creditors.