Alameda Analysis to promote curiosity in Sequoia Capital to Abu Dhabi for $45M

by Jeremy

The newest replace within the FTX chapter case comes as a brand new deal was struck between the defunct cryptocurrency change and an organization owned by the federal government of Abu Dhabi.

A court docket doc from america Chapter Court docket for the District of Delaware on March 8 revealed that Alameda Analysis, the funding arm of FTX, will promote its remaining curiosity in enterprise capital agency Sequoia Capital to the Abu Dhabi sovereign wealth fund.

In response to the doc, FTX “determined to enter into the Settlement with Purchaser primarily based on its superior supply and skill to execute the Sale Transaction inside a short while body.” This comes after curiosity in buying the shares from 4 completely different events.

Al Nawwar Investments RSC Restricted, the customer of Alameda’s share, is owned by the federal government of Abu Dhabi — the capital metropolis of the United Arab Emirates. The doc states that the customer is already invested in Sequoia.

The deal, value $45 million, has the potential to be closed by March 31. Nonetheless, it’s topic to approval by the Delaware chapter decide John Dorsey.

The try and unload its remaining curiosity in Sequoia Capital is part of FTX’s makes an attempt to liquidate its investments to repay its debt to collectors.

Dorsey has been concerned in facets of the authorized instances regarding FTX. After its preliminary chapter submitting, Dorsey granted the previous change permission to promote a few of its property.

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These property included ​​the derivatives platform LedgerX, the stock-clearing platform Embed and the corporate’s regional branches, FTX Japan and FTX Europe.

In January 2023, it was reported that FTX recovered over $5 billion in money and liquid crypto property.

In a associated case, on March 8, court docket paperwork revealed that Dorsey accredited that Voyager Digital will put aside $445 million after Alameda Analysis sued the corporate on the premise of mortgage repayments.