Zhou stated that the company would become a creditor if the exchange did seek bankruptcy protection, adding that it would work relentlessly to maximize its prospects of retrieving trapped funds by whatever means. On Friday, FTX submitted a Chapter 11 bankruptcy petition.
The largest crypto quant hedge fund, Galois, tweeted Friday night that significant money was stranded on the FTX exchange and that it has not utilized any Bahamian means to get funds out. According to the FT story, Galois was in charge of handling assets worth more than $200 million as of this past summer.