Hong Kong investment holdings company Sinohope, created by Huobi exchange co-founder Leon Li, will recover more than 100% of its stuck deposits on the defunct crypto exchange FTX via its Hbit subsidiary.that began circulating on May 28, Hbit has sold $19.5 million worth of creditor claims to debt investment firm Ceratosaurus Investors LLC. At the time of collapse in November 2022, Sinohope had $18.
Part of the loss included $86 million Hong Kong dollars of enterprise deposits immobilized on the bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange FTX. To keep the firm alive, Leon Li had to personallyOn Dec. 11, 2023, X-Spot Global, another company owned by Leon Li, won an injunction against Huobi Global, requiring the latter to cease using the Chinese-equivalent"Huobi" trademark in Hong Kong.
According to court filings, the Huobi trademark was registered in 2019 in Hong Kong. In September 2022, co-founders Leon Li and Du Jun sold Huobi Global to About Capital Management, an entityto Chinese blockchain personality Justin Sun. However, prior to the acquisition, the rights to the Chinese-language Huobi trademark had been fully transferred to Leon Li's X-Spot Global, making the entity its trademark owner.
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