FTX customer names will not be revealed by bankruptcy court

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FTX received court permission on Friday to remove customer names from all filings in its bankruptcy case, persuading a US judge that publishing the names would put people at risk of scams and identity theft. US Bankruptcy Judge John Dorsey in Wilmington, Delaware, ruled that FTX can permanently redact the names of individual customers from its bankruptcy filings, after hearing testimony that publishing customers' names would place them at risk even if other identifying information like their email address was kept secret. «It is the customers who are the most important issue in this case,» Dorsey said. «We want to make sure that they are protected and they don't fall victim to any types of scams.» In January, Dorsey had allowed FTX to keep secret the names of 9 million of its individual customers for three months.

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On Friday, Dorsey also authorised FTX to remove the names of companies and institutional investors from its customer lists on a temporary basis, saying FTX will have to make a new request in 90 days. Dorsey said those customers do not face the same risks as individuals, but their names could be valuable property if FTX decides to sell its crypto exchange business as a whole or sell its customer list separately. Dorsey also addressed a longstanding dispute between FTX's US bankruptcy team and liquidators overseeing the wind-down of FTX's Bahamian affiliate FTX Digital Markets, ordering the two