FTX payouts in Ukraine: what changed on October 30, 2026

On November 2, 2026, FTX updated its page on payout providers. The list of jurisdictions where no provider can be selected is now dated October 30, 2026, and has 43 entries instead of 44.

What changed

Creditors in Ukraine had been blocked since before the first FTX distribution on February 18, 2025, and FTX’s list as of October 1, 2026, still named all of Ukraine. While Ukraine was on FTX’s list, FTX’s general rule applied: if no provider can serve a creditor’s jurisdiction, the distribution is deferred to a later date. The list as of October 30, 2026, names only “Ukraine (Sanctioned Regions)”: five regions of Ukraine (Crimea, Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson). Rwanda was removed from the list at the same time.

According to FTX’s page on Payoneer, updated November 2, 2026, Payoneer serves Ukraine except the five regions; the BitGo and Kraken pages don’t list Ukraine. The provider makes the final decision on onboarding.

If your claim is listed but no money arrives, check your claim status and payout eligibility. For the choice between waiting and selling, see the restricted-country recovery guide.

What to do now

• Log in to the FTX claims portal (claims.ftx.com) and check that your KYC is verified.
• Submit the tax form if you haven’t done it yet.
• At step 8, choose a payout provider and onboard (register) with it. The provider runs its own checks and decides whether it can serve you.
• Don’t leave it until the last weeks: FTX says a creditor who doesn’t onboard with a payout provider within six months of the July 31, 2026 distribution may lose the right to their distributions. That window closes around January 31, 2027.

For the dates of announced distributions, see the FTX payout calendar.

Five regions of Ukraine: no payout

FTX’s list still covers five regions of Ukraine: Crimea, Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson. Creditors resident there can’t select a payout provider, so the FTX payout doesn’t reach them. claimbao doesn’t buy claims from residents of these five regions.

• Kraken’s Global Terms of Service say users must not be located in or resident in any sanctioned or embargoed jurisdiction, and they name Crimea, Donetsk and Luhansk.
• US Executive Order 14065 of February 21, 2022, bans the export or supply of goods, services or technology from the US, or by US persons, to the so-called DNR and LNR regions of Ukraine.

When selling still makes sense

• You can’t pass KYC, or the payout provider doesn’t accept you.
• You can’t finish onboarding before the deadline, around January 31, 2027.
• You need the money sooner than FTX pays out.

claimbao buys FTX claims from creditors in Ukraine outside the five regions who pass KYC, and pays in USDT or USDC. After the transfer, FTX pays us. We reply with an indicative price; the final price and payment date are set in the transfer agreement before you sign.

How selling works

Send us your Unique Customer Code and the claim amount, and we reply with a price. Then KYC, the transfer agreement and the Notice of Transfer in the US bankruptcy court. USDT or USDC reaches your wallet on the date in the agreement.

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This guide is general information, not legal advice.