Collapsed crypto exchange FTX said Tuesday it has identified $5.5 billion of liquid assets, but said based on current estimates both the international and U.S. based exchange still face a "substantial shortfall" from what the trading venues owe customers.
A court document with the restructuring team's most recent findings shows this $5.5 billion includes $1.7 billion of cash, $3.5 billion of crypto assets, and $0.3 billion of securities.
Some $1.7 billion of the company's assets are being held in a "hot wallet," or crypto wallet connected to the internet, typically making it less secure. Major crypto custody provider BitGo is maintaining another $1.1 billion in more secure "cold storage," while the Securities Commission of the Bahamas holds $426 million and FTX Japan has another $140 million.
An additional $415 million was stolen hours after the company filed bankruptcy.
"We are making important progress in our efforts to maximize recoveries, and it has taken a Herculean investigative effort from our team to uncover this preliminary information," John Ray III, FTX's CEO under bankruptcy protection, said in a news release.
Last Wednesday, a lawyer representing FTX told a federal bankruptcy court the restructuring team had located over $5 billion of cash, liquid cryptocurrency, and other liquid investments belonging to the company along with $4.6 billion in non-strategic illiquid investments.
From the time of that hearing through Tuesday 3 p.m. ET, crypto's total market capitalization has risen by $143 billion, or more than 14% to $998 billion from $855 billion, according to CoinMarketCap.
Securities worth $268 million held by Alameda Research include $197 million in shares of the Grayscale Bitcoin Trust (GBTC), $45 million in shares of the Grayscale Ethereum Trust (ETHE), $21 million the Bitwise 10 Crypto Index Fund (BITW), and $0.1 million in BlackRock (BLK) equity.
Worth $253 million, FTX's total portfolio of Bahamas real estate includes 36 different properties.