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March 18, 2026
Having already paid billions, the next round of FTX creditor payout totalling $2.2 billion is scheduled for March 31, according to the official press release. FTX has also released the schedule for the next payout for preferred equity interest holders, with April 30, 2026, as the record date and May 29, 2026, as the payment date.
This is the fourth round of the FTX bankruptcy payout under the restructuring plan led by the FTX recovery trust. The trust has been working since the exchange’s collapse to liquidate assets and return funds to creditors.
Sam Bankman-Fried, the founder and CEO of FTX, is currently serving a 25-year jail term. He was found guilty of seven counts of fraud and conspiracy.
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FTX Creditors Expected Pennies on the Dollar and Got $10 Billion Back
The most surprising part of the FTX creditor payout episode is that, while most creditors expected to recover only a portion of their investments, many have received up to 120% of their claims, depending on when and how they filed.
According to reports, FTX owed creditors around $11.2 billion. With the FTX creditors March 2026 payout, it would take the total to $10 billion. As per the company’s plans, it plans to distribute between $14.5 billion and $16.3 billion to creditors.
John Ray, who took over the position as FTX’s CEO and led its restructuring and creditor payouts, had said earlier,
“Looking ahead, we are poised to return 100% of bankruptcy claim amounts plus interest for non-governmental creditors through what will be the largest and most complex bankruptcy estate asset distribution in history.”
The FTX recovery trust has been liquidating a diverse collection of assets. The estate’s asset sales included its Anthropic stake sold for $1.3B in 2024, a position now worth over $30B, which helped fund much of the creditor recovery.
To be eligible to receive funds during the latest round of the FTX $10 billion payout, customers and creditors must complete the KYC formalities and submit the required tax information. The distribution providers for the funds are BitGo, Kraken, or Payoneer. Creditors can choose any one of the three.
While not all creditors may receive the full amount, the scale of the FTX creditor payout has surprised everyone. It highlights that even large-scale bankruptcy cases can be handled systematically and yield the desired outcome.
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For now, creditors will look forward to their payout. But there’s another side too, one that could benefit the crypto market. Past crypto customers and creditors are about to receive a substantial payout. Some of it may be reinvested in the market. If that happens, it may lead to a short-term market recovery.
