FTX Bankruptcy Judge Upholds Customer Privacy and Control Over Disputed Assets.

A Delaware bankruptcy judge has ruled that the names of individual customers of collapsed cryptocurrency exchange FTX Trading can be permanently shielded from public disclosure, citing customer identities as a trade secret and the need to protect them from bad actors who might target them. The judge rejected arguments from lawyers for several media outlets and for the US bankruptcy trustee, which serves as a government watchdog in Chapter 11 reorganization cases, challenging FTX's request to keep the names of customers and creditors secret.