Bankrupt crypto trade FTX is looking for to get well $460 million of allegedly misappropriated buyer funds from enterprise capital (VC) agency Modulo Capital, which obtained a sizeable funding from Alameda Analysis final yr.

As beforehand reported, FTX’s sister buying and selling agency, Alameda Analysis was understood to have invested round $400 million in Modulo in 2022 — one of many largest investments undertaken by FTX beneath Bankman-Fried’s management.

In a March 22 submitting, FTX declare the funding from Alameda Analysis was beneath the path of Sam Bankman-Fried — Alameda invested $475 million in Modulo in a sequence of transfers starting in Could 2022, in line with the submitting.

On June 16, Alameda entered right into a restricted partnership settlement with Modulo,  in line with the submitting, which resulted in Alameda transferring the aforementioned funds to Modulo in trade for possession of 20% of Modulo’s Class A shares.

In chapter proceedings, funds made to entities previous to the chapter submitting could also be eligible to be clawed again and redistributed to collectors. Whereas the claw-back interval is 90 days for many unsecured collectors, it’s one yr for “insiders,” a time period that features normal companions.

As per the settlement settlement, Modulo has agreed to repay $404 million in money and can quit its declare to $56 million value of property held on FTX’s crypto trade, representing almost 97% of FTX’s preliminary funding.

The settlement would additionally lead to Alameda dropping any declare to those shares.

Modulo Capital was based in March 2022 by three former executives at Jane Avenue, a New York-based agency that after employed Bankman-Fried and Alameda CEO Caroline Ellison.

Bankman-Fried can be rumored to have been in a romantic relationship with one in all its founders, Xiaoyun “Lily” Zhang, which some have theorized was the motivation behind his push to spend money on the obscure VC agency. This rumor has not been verified. 

The deal will nonetheless must be confirmed by United States Chapter Decide John Dorsey, with a movement listening to set for April 12.

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In its newest presentation to collectors on March 17, FTX famous claims in opposition to it surpassed $11 billion, in comparison with simply $4.7 billion in property for a complete shortfall of almost $7 billion, so whereas the $460 million settlement can be an enormous win for collectors it nonetheless solely represents lower than 7% of the present shortfall.

FTX’s abstract of claims vs property in a presentation to collectors. Supply: Kroll

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