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I'm not sure what your proposed alternative is? If you don't peg the payouts to crypto FMV at the time of the crash, then FTX is still insolvent (because their debts were also denominated in crypto), so nobody gets anything.

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> nobody gets anything.

The argument is that equity should get nothing, and the crypto-holder's assets should be adjusted for current value... just like how cash-holder's recovery would be adjusted for inflation.

> how cash-holder's recovery would be adjusted for inflation

Is it really?

> A debtor's promise of future payments is worth less than an immediate payment of the same total amount because the creditor cannot use the money right away, inflation may cause the value of the dollar to decline before the debtor pays, and there is always some risk of nonpayment. The challenge for bankruptcy courts reviewing such repayment schemes, therefore, is to choose an interest rate sufficient to compensate the creditor for these concerns.

Till v. SCS Credit Corp, 541 US 465, 474 (2004).

Post-judgement interest remains at the discretion of the court, and applies "when a creditor has a security interest in an amount greater than his or her claim, that 'oversecured' creditor is entitled to interest on the claim as well as repayment of principal" [1].

Whether the claim is on cash or collateral doesn't seem to have figured into the law.

[1] https://bbklaw.com/resources/best-in-law-which-interest-rate...

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