Can't be sure of FTX making payment so soon or that easily, but I don't know how reliable this news could be because most people saying it would take them around 2-4 years to start commencing payment to their users or investors. But this could not have any positive to the market if it doesn't happened within next year to also help to increase the price of bitcoin.
Indeed, until now there has been no clarity from FTX or related parties about when they will return the assets to users. And there are also some notes that need to be considered, not all money can be returned, not the gains, only their assets, and there are stages.
However, I am also not sure if it will be returned in the near future. It has been several months since FTX announced that it would return the assets of investors, but until now there has been no clarity. Maybe it will be like MT Gox, it will take several years. It's a shame, even though maybe the assets want to be prepared for the bullrun later.