January 3, 2023: Japanese FTX people will be able to begin moving their funds out of the decreased cryptocurrency exchange beginning in February, according to a report from the firm’s Japan subsidiary.

FTX Japan stated that it was creating a system to resume withdrawals on the website of Liquid Japan, a crypto transfer it acquired this year. Customers will see their compensation on Liquid Japan and then take out their funds.

“We deeply apologize that caused great concern and inconvenience to our customers because of the long-term suspension of the service,” the company stated in a Japanese language blog post on its website, which was translated from that Google.

FTX Japan is laying out a timeline for the restoration of customer funds, which begins with opening a Liquid Japan account in January and then changing assets from FTX Japan to Liquid Japan and reopening withdrawals by February.

It comes after FTX Japan stated on December 1 that it had confirmed with attorneys for the FTX Group saying that “Japanese customer cash and cryptocurrency should not be included of FTX Japan’s estate given how these assets holding and property interests under Japanese law.”

The news offers relief for FTX customers. People of FTX worldwide have not been able to access their money since the company entered bankruptcy in the previous month and placed a block on withdrawals. FTX’s recent caretaker chief, John J. Ray III, has expressed the company’s international customers should anticipate less from the bankruptcy court from U.S. clients.

Sam Bankman-Fried’s FTX, a saviour of beleaguered crypto firms, provided Liquid with $120 million of debt financing. Founded in 2014, Liquid was inquired by FTX for an undisclosed total as part of its expansion into East Asia. Before that, it had been hacked for over $90 million worth of crypto in a significant cyberattack.

The Securities Commission of The Bahamas added that it had seized $3.5 billion worth of crypto things from FTX “for safekeeping”. It was awaiting direction from the country’s Supreme Court to send the funds to customers and creditors or liquidators.