The Financial Supervisory Commission says it has no jurisdiction over FTX and it can't do anything to help investors that suffered major losses when FTX filed for bankruptcy. The Ministry of Finance, meanwhile, says anyone that declared crypto income can write off crypto losses.
Many investors were hit hard when cryptocurrency exchange FTX filed for bankruptcy last week, including an estimated 500,000 investors in Taiwan. Crypto investors in Taiwan have formed a self-help association and are speaking out.
FTX Investor: “I chose FTX because it was the second-largest cryptocurrency exchange in the world and because it provided 5-8% interest. It also didn't charge for withdrawals.”
FTX Investor: “I put in around US$100,000. I didn't move it around much. So, I've been wiped out.”
Although FTX's 29-year-old founder, Sam Bankman-Fried, says customers will be repaid, his net worth has plummeted from US$1.6 billion. FTX has shut down withdrawal functions and is warning customers against putting more funds into their accounts. Taiwan's Financial Supervisory Commission says FTX is an offshore entity and it has no jurisdiction, so there's nothing it can do for Taiwanese investors. One lawyer in Taiwan says under U.S. bankruptcy laws, creditors have to formally put in a claim to get any money back.
Eddie Hsiung, Lawyer: “Tell them, "I'm a creditor." In the future, as I just said, if the Chapter 11 filing is approved and they can sell off their assets, whatever is left can be claimed by the creditors.”
The Ministry of Finance says companies that listed crypto assets in their balance sheets can write off their losses, while individuals can deduct their losses from offshore earnings in the same tax year when filing their alternative minimum tax, as cryptocurrency losses are categorized as offshore losses.
全球第2大加密貨幣交易所FTX上週突然宣布破產，連帶讓所有的投資民眾血本無歸，據了解台灣約有50萬的受害者，他們擔心錢拿不回來，開始串聯組成自救會，並現身說法。
FTX投資民眾說：「我會選擇FTX交易所，除了覺得是世界上第2大的交易所外，因為它有提供5%至8%的活存利息，然後出金也免費。」另一位FTX投資民眾也說，「放入金額大約10萬美金左右，沒有想到就是，平常不太動這筆錢，結果交易所就倒了，資產就歸零。」
儘管FTX29歲的創辦人佛瑞德強調會償還資金，但他160億美元的身家早已瞬間蒸發歸零，FTX也關閉提款功能，並警示用戶不要再把資金存入帳戶，投資人的鉅款一夕泡湯該如何求償，金管會表示，FTX交易平台在境外，並非金管會核准設立或監督管理的機構，相關交易所商品也是在境外提供，無法可管，但會密切關注國際相關主管機關對此事件的看法跟處理方式。對此，國內律師表示，根據美國《破產法》規定，債權人要主動向法院做債權申報，後續才能參與賠償分配。
律師熊全迪指出：「就是跟他們講說我是債權人，未來，剛剛講的，如果重整的方案許可通過執行的話，比方說資產拍賣等等有剩餘的話，這樣的話債權人就可能拿到。」
針對這起事件，財政部則表示，公司帳上若有帳列這筆資產，因FTX破產而滅失，可依規定認列損失，對個人而言，加密貨幣交易損失，屬海外財產交易損失，可在申報最低稅負時與同年度海外財產交易所得盈虧互抵。
