WazirX Creditors Back New Plan After $234M Hack Setback

WazirX Creditors Back New Plan After $234 Million Hack Setback

Written by Aaron S.,

Editor-In-Chief

Last Updated: August 20, 2025

Key Takeaways

95% of WazirX creditors backed a new repayment plan, which gave the exchange another chance to resubmit it to the Singapore High Court;
Founder Nischal Shetty said repayments could begin within 10 days of court approval, faster than earlier estimates of two to three months;
The updated plan assigns repayment duties to Zanmai India, but without approval, liquidation could delay payouts until 2030.

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WazirX is moving forward with a new repayment plan that has received strong backing from its creditors, more than a year after a $234 million hack froze withdrawals on the exchange.

Nearly 95% of those who voted supported the proposal, even though an earlier version had been turned down by the Singapore High Court.

Between July 30 and August 6, close to 150,000 creditors cast their votes. Together, they represented more than $206 million in claims. This approval gives WazirX the chance to resubmit its plan to the court, which will decide if repayments and normal operations can restart.

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Founder Nischal Shetty stated in an August 18 blog post that, if the court approves, the exchange will reopen and begin compensating users within ten days of the scheme taking effect.

His statement offered a faster timeline than what creditors were told at a July town hall, where restructuring adviser George Gwee of Kroll estimated payouts would take two to three months after approval.

The updated plan also shifts responsibility for handling repayments. While profits from WazirX will still fund the repurchase of recovery tokens, the actual distribution will be carried out through Zanmai India, which reports under India’s Financial Intelligence Unit.

WazirX has warned that, without a creditor-backed deal, the alternative would be liquidation. That process could take years, with payouts potentially delayed until 2030.

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