US sells FTX-linked Anthropic stake for $627 million
- —4,453,900 Series B shares seized; they were bought for $50 million in 2022
- —Anthropic repurchased the shares from the US in October 2025 at $140.9676 each
- —The Justice Department sent $638 million to the FTX estate in late 2025
- —At a $1.5 trillion valuation, the nine buyers' stake is worth about $3.94 billion
Why it matters: The sale sets a price reference for Anthropic ahead of its Nasdaq IPO under the ticker ANTH and speeds up FTX creditor repayments.
Source: BeInCrypto FR