Robinhood își propune să-și răscumpere acțiunile confiscate de Departamentul de Justiție în eșecul FTX

Robinhood Markets Inc., the U.S.-based financial services company, plans to purchase the 55 million of its shares that FTX-linked Emergent Fidelity Technologies bought in May 2022, according to its Raportul privind câștigurile released Wednesday. The shares, worth more than US$550 million, are the subject of a creditor dispute in the FTX bankruptcy.

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Fapte rapide

• The FTX exchange founder Sam Bankman-Fried and cofounder Gary Wang last year formed Emergent Fidelity to cumpără 56 de milioane de acțiuni Robinhood cu împrumuturi de 546 milioane USD de la Alameda Research, filiala de brokeraj a FTX.
• “The proposed share purchase underscores the confidence the Board of Directors and management team have in our business,” Robinhood said in its earnings report.
• However, ownership of the shares is in disputa among three parties — bankrupt crypto lender BlockFi, FTX creditor Yonathan Ben Shimon, and Bankman-Fried. All three have filed court actions to gain control of the stake.
• Last month, the U.S. Department of Justice said in a depunerea dosarului that it has seized the shares. Robinhood a spus it’s in discussions with the DoJ about buying back the stake.
• FTX collapsed in November 2022 after it ran out of funds to meet customer withdrawals. U.S. Federal prosecutors later charged Bankman-Fried with a list of financial crimes, including securities fraud, money laundering, and campaign finance violations.
• Last week, Emergent Fidelity depusă for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection at the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware. FTX and dozens of its affiliates filed for bankruptcy on Nov. 11 last year.
• In the fourth quarter of 2022, Robinhood’s cryptocurrency revenue fell 24% to US$39 million from the previous quarter, according to its earnings report.

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