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<p>Bullish, a Gibraltar-based crypto exchange with strong ties to Asia, has emerged as a prominent bidder for the bankrupt trading platform FTX, which filed for bankruptcy protection in November last year.</p><h2 id="header-0">Valuable customer base</h2><p>Up until that point, FTX was a thriving player in the cryptocurrency market. However, it is now in the process of seeking new ownership or financial restructuring to resurrect its operations. In a<a href="https://www.theblock.co/post/250492/crypto-exchange-bullish-among-bidders-for-bankrupt-ftx" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"> report</a> published on Tuesday, The Block outlined that according to sources familiar with the situation, Bullish is eager to acquire FTX primarily for its valuable customer base.</p><p>The news follows the<a href="https://archive.ph/o/kvOQI/https:/restructuring.ra.kroll.com/FTX/Home-DownloadPDF?id1&#61;MjUxODI3OA%3D%3D&amp;id2&#61;-1" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"> filing</a> of a stakeholder brief to the bankruptcy court in Delaware in the United States by the FTX Debtor on Monday. The brief outlined that the Debtor, led by new CEO John Ray, has reached out to more than 75 bidders to evaluate the potential relaunch of the FTX exchange business.</p><p>Bullish aims to leverage FTX’s existing user network, intending to convert as many of them as possible into Bullish customers. However, it’s worth noting that this complex negotiation process may face challenges and uncertainties along the way.</p><h2 id="header-1">Asian connections</h2><p>Although it’s incorporated and registered in Gibraltar, only 4% of the company’s staff are Gibraltar-based. Meanwhile, the firm has offices in Singapore and Hong Kong with those locations accounting for 49% of the company’s overall workforce, according to<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/bebullish/people/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"> LinkedIn data</a>. Back in November the firm<a href="https://forkast.news/headlines/bullish-says-it-has-no-exposure-to-ftx/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"> confirmed</a> that it wasn’t one of the many crypto businesses with exposure to the FTX collapse.</p><p>Bullish was founded by Brendan Blumer, with Bloomer currently acting as the exchange’s Chairman. Blumer previously founded Block.one, the developer behind the EOS blockchain. He also successfully founded and later exited Okay.com, Hong Kong’s largest digital property agency.</p><p>Other Asia-centric players in the crypto sector had<a href="https://x.com/MrPurple_DJ/status/1672403504210804737?s&#61;20" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"> expressed</a> interest in buying the FTX business (or parts of the business) earlier in the year. These included Singapore’s BSQ Capital and Gamepay, India’s CoinDCX, Japan’s 5G networks developer Docomo and e-commerce giant Rakuten, and Hong Kong’s OKC Holdings.</p><h2 id="header-2">Tribe Capital interest</h2><p>The Block article also outlines that US-based Tribe Capital is another significant bidder in the running. Tribe Capital had FTX within its venture portfolio prior to the exchange’s downfall and subsequent bankruptcy at the close of the previous year. It had also appeared on the list of 363 sales parties back in June, and prior to that still, it had<a href="https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2023/04/18/ftx-reboot-plan-attracts-interest-from-vc-firm-tribe-capital-report/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"> expressed</a> its interest in buying the business.</p><p>To establish a clear timeline for its business restructuring efforts, the estate has set a deadline for new bids, which falls on September 24. The FTX estate is still at an early stage in trying to resuscitate the business. Even if it’s successful in that endeavor, it’s not expected that a new business will emerge until Q2 2024 at the earliest.</p><p>Separately, a criminal prosecution against FTX Founder Sam Bankman-Fried is progressing with a trial scheduled to take place in New York in October. Presently Bankman-Fried is incarcerated in a New York City jail while he awaits trial, having been found to have breached his bail conditions on the grounds of witness tampering.</p>

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