{"id":596199,"date":"2023-01-10T13:49:15","date_gmt":"2023-01-10T19:49:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.sellorbuyhomefast.com\/index.php\/2023\/01\/10\/ftx-units-on-auction-block-draw-117-interested-buyers-court-filing\/"},"modified":"2023-01-10T13:49:15","modified_gmt":"2023-01-10T19:49:15","slug":"ftx-units-on-auction-block-draw-117-interested-buyers-court-filing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2023\/01\/10\/ftx-units-on-auction-block-draw-117-interested-buyers-court-filing\/","title":{"rendered":"FTX units on auction block draw 117 interested buyers: Court filing"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Four businesses up for sale as part of bankruptcy proceedings include Embed, LedgerX, FTX Japan and FTX Europe. <\/p>\n

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As many as 117 parties have expressed interest in buying up one or more of FTX\u2019s independently operated subsidiaries including FTX Japan, FTX Europe, LedgerX and Embed, according to a court filing.<\/p>\n

The court filing<\/a>\u00a0was made on Jan. 8 by Kevin Cofsky, a partner at Perella Weinberg, the investment bank representing FTX US and affiliated firms. Cofsky stated:<\/p>\n

\u201cApproximately 117 parties, including various financial and strategic counterparties globally, have expressed interest to the Debtors in a potential purchase of one or more of the Businesses.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

He added that the debtors have entered into 59 confidentiality agreements with potential counterparties who have expressed interest in any one or more of the companies.<\/p>\n

While no firm agreements have been made, those parties can now access information to facilitate due diligence, such as details regarding the business unit\u2019s operations, finances and technology.<\/p>\n

The businesses up for sale are Embed, LedgerX, FTX Japanand FTX Europe, according to lawyers representing FTX debtors.<\/p>\n

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Around 50 parties were interested in Embed, 56 were looking at LedgerX, 41 expressed interest in FTX Japan and 40 were for FTX Europe, according to the filing.<\/p>\n

Embed is a clearing firm that FTX acquired in June<\/a>\u00a0to enhance its stock and equities offerings. LedgerX is Commodity Futures Trading Commission-regulated digital currency futures and options exchange and clearinghouse acquired by FTX in August 2021<\/a>.<\/p>\n

FTX Japan and FTX Europe are independent subsidiaries of FTX global but were subject to license and business suspensions in December. <\/p>\n

Related:<\/em><\/strong> <\/em><\/strong>FTX spent $40M on food, flights, and hotels in just 9 months: Court filings<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

In December, FTX sought permission<\/a> from a U.S. bankruptcy court to sell off the firm’s Japanese and European branches, in addition to the two clearing companies.<\/p>\n

The deadline for submitting initial bids for the four firms is set to expire between Jan. 18 and Feb. 1.<\/p>\n