$SOL #TradeNTell Trader makes mistake and sends R$2.2 million in Solana to bankrupt FTX
After realizing the mistake, a client of the defunct exchange was informed that he would need a court order to recover the funds
A client of the defunct FTX, Lukas Bartusek, accidentally transferred 2,000 Solana (SOL) tokens to an account with the brokerage in October 2023, almost a year after its bankruptcy.
After realizing the mistake — he thought he had sent the tokens to a brokerage called BTSE — the trader was informed that he would need a court order to recover the assets, valued at around R$2.2 million at the current price.
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Bartusek realized the mistake in October 2023, when he tried to withdraw funds from a cryptocurrency wallet linked to BTSE. However, he was unable to do so, as he had already sent the funds to another exchange, the now-bankrupt FTX. FTX’s legal team then told him that his funds could not be returned without a judge’s approval, Cryptopolitan reported. U.S. bankruptcy law prevents companies from distributing funds outside of an approved court process, meaning that even accidental deposits remain blocked. The amount sent to the FTX account was worth around $63,000 at the time, with the SOL token trading at $31 at the time; currently, with the asset trading at $191, the amount is $382,000 (around R$2.2 million). According to a Delaware Bankruptcy Court filing under number 22-11068 (JTD), FTX Trading Ltd “knowingly and voluntarily” accepted the deposit. Dated January of this year, the document was filed by attorney “J” Jackson Shrum, representing Bartusek.