FTX Fifth Distribution Begins July 31 With $900M Payout
Lakshya Divekar
FTX Fifth Distribution: $900 Million Headed to Creditors on July 31
FTX creditors have a new date to circle: July 31, 2026. That's when the FTX Recovery Trust begins its fifth distribution, sending roughly $900 million to eligible claim holders under the Chapter 11 reorganization plan.
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It's not a new story exactly, but it is a significant one. The pattern of repayments has been running since early 2025, and this round adds another chunk to a number that keeps climbing.
What's Covered in The FTX Fifth Distribution
FTX's reorganization plan sorts creditors into different classes, and each one gets a different slice back. This is the FTX fifth distribution since the estate started repaying people.
To qualify, claim holders had to finish their pre-distribution steps by June 16, 2026—that record date decided who's in and who isn't. Miss it, and you're waiting for the next cycle.
The Recovery Trust is running the FTX Fifth Distribution, and it laid out the details in an official announcement on July 17.
Future record dates and payment rounds are still coming, so this definitely isn't the last one.
How the Payout Actually Works
Money won't come directly from FTX. Instead, it routes through one of three approved partners: BitGo, Kraken, or Payoneer—the same three that have handled every round so far.
Once the trust releases the funds, they should land in one to three business days.
If you're wondering when the next round might land, don't rely on rumors. The trust has said fresh record dates will be announced as new rounds open, so repayments are expected to keep going through 2026 and probably beyond.
How Much Are Creditors Actually Getting Back?
This is where it gets interesting. The percentages vary quite a bit depending on which class a claim falls into:
|
Claim Type |
Additional Payout |
Cumulative Recovery |
|
Dotcom Customer Entitlement Claims |
+9% |
105% |
|
U.S. Customer Entitlement Claims |
+5% |
105% |
|
General Unsecured Claims |
+3% |
103% |
|
Digital Asset Loan Claims |
+3% |
103% |
|
Convenience Class (claims under $50,000) |
— |
120% |
That last row is the one worth noting. Smaller retail holders, the Convenience Class, are walking away with 120% of what they originally claimed, measured against asset values at the time of the 2022 collapse.
In bankruptcy terms, that's unusual. Most collapsed exchanges never get anywhere near making people whole, let alone paying them more.
Nearly $10 Billion Back So Far
Add this round to the earlier four, and total repayments are closing in on $10 billion since 2025. For context:
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Round four (March 2026) alone moved $2.2 billion.
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This fifth round adds roughly $900 million more.
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Combined, cumulative recoveries now sit close to the $10 billion mark.
It's a staged process rather than one lump payout, and the trust seems to be sticking with that approach.
There's also a smaller, separate piece of news tied to the same date. Preferred equity holders are getting a second payment of $18 million on July 31 too, which brings their running total to $95 million since that outreach began earlier this year.
Checking Your Claim Status
For anyone tracking where their own claim stands, the process hasn't changed much between rounds:
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Complete identity verification (KYC)
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Submit required tax forms
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Onboard with one of the three approved payment partners before the next record date
Claims that changed hands only count once they clear the official register and pass the standard objection window — so timing matters here.
One more thing worth flagging: FTX renewed its phishing warning alongside this announcement.
The trust will never ask a creditor to connect a crypto wallet directly. Any message asking for that should be treated as a scam attempt, not a shortcut.
The Bigger Picture
None of this exists without the original collapse back in November 2022, when the exchange fell apart under founder Sam Bankman-Fried and triggered one of the largest bankruptcy wind-downs crypto has seen.
Years later, the estate is still working through its plan step by step, and each new round chips away at the gap between what people lost and what they're getting back.
The $900 million landing on July 31 isn't the finish line. But it's another concrete sign that the Recovery Trust intends to keep closing that gap, one distribution at a time.
