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Bankrupt crypto exchange FTX has reached a deal with the Sam Bankman-Fried-founded Emergent Technologies over more than $600 million worth of Robinhood shares.
FTX will pay Emergent $14 million to cover administrative expenses related to it withdrawing a petition to claim 55 million <a data-ct-non-breakable="null" href="https://cointelegraph.com/news/robinhood-crypto-business-sec-wells-notice" rel="null" target="null" text="null" title="null">Robinhood shares</a> and cash, according to a Sept. 6 <a data-ct-non-breakable="null" href="https://restructuring.ra.kroll.com/FTX/Home-DownloadPDF?id1=MzIwNjM4MQ==&amp;id2=-1" rel="null" target="null" text="null" title="null">motion</a> by FTX CEO John Ray III in a Delaware Bankruptcy Court.
The settlement also provides a path for Emergent to quickly resolve its <a data-ct-non-breakable="null" href="https://cointelegraph.com/news/crypto-bankruptcy-cases-lawyers-profits" rel="null" target="null" text="null" title="null">bankruptcy case</a> in Antigua.
FTX said the agreement helps recover more money for its creditors and avoid further litigation costs, adding it’s a crucial step in its reorganization plan to maximize value for creditors.
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In a Sept. 6 <a data-ct-non-breakable="null" href="https://restructuring.ra.kroll.com/FTX/Home-DownloadPDF?id1=MzIwNjM4Mg==&amp;id2=-1" rel="null" target="null" text="null" title="null">declaration</a> supporting the deal, Ray said it resulted from “good faith arm’s length negotiations between the parties and that such negotiations were free of any collusion.”
Emergent acquired around 56 million Robinhood shares worth around $600 million in May 2022 through an agreement with <a data-ct-non-breakable="null" href="https://cointelegraph.com/learn/who-is-sam-bankman-fried-ftx" rel="null" target="null" text="null" title="null">Bankman-Fried</a> and Alameda Research, the crypto trading firm he founded.
Multiple parties, including FTX, BlockFi, Bankman-Fried, and Emergent, have asserted ownership or rights to the shares the Justice Department seized in January 2023 following FTX’s collapse in November 2022.
They were then liquidated to Robinhood on Sept. 1, 2023, which <a data-ct-non-breakable="null" href="https://cointelegraph.com/news/robinhood-bought-sam-bankman-fried-stake-us-marshals" rel="null" target="null" text="null" title="null">repurchased the shares</a> for roughly $606 million.
Related: <a data-ct-non-breakable="null" href="https://cointelegraph.com/news/ftx-assets-criminal-forfeiture-court-filings" rel="null" target="null" text="null" title="null">FTX victims go after company’s assets from criminal forfeiture</a>
Emergent Fidelity Technologies is an offshore investment firm co-founded by Bankman-Fried and former FTX co-founder Gary Wang which filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in February 2023.&nbsp;
In late March, Bankman-Fried was <a data-ct-non-breakable="null" href="https://cointelegraph.com/news/sam-bankman-fried-sentenced-years-prison-hold" rel="null" target="null" text="null" title="null">sentenced</a> to 25 years in prison for his role in a massive fraud that led to the collapse of several high-profile crypto companies, including his own.
A hearing on the motion is scheduled for Oct. 22.
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FTX finalizes settlement with Emergent over $600M Robinhood shares claim

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