Former FTX chief executive Sam Bankman-Fried (C) arrives to enter a plea before US District Judge Lewis Kaplan in the Manhattan federal court, New York, January 3, 2023.
Former FTX chief executive Sam Bankman-Fried (C) arrives to enter a plea before US District Judge Lewis Kaplan in the Manhattan federal court, New York, January 3, 2023.

According to an attorney for the firm, the liquid assets of the defunct cryptocurrency exchange FTX, more than $5 billion assets (£4.1 billion), have been recovered. However, a US bankruptcy court was informed on Wednesday that the extent of customer losses is still unknown.

Prosecutors have charged FTX’s former CEO Sam Bankman-Fried with masterminding a “epic” fraud that could have cost investors, customers, and lenders billions of dollars.