Changpeng Zhao – CEO of the world’s largest crypto exchange, Binance – rejected some of the latest assumptions regarding himself and his company’s involvement in FTX’s crash. He reiterated his position that the main culprit of the catastrophe was Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF), describing him as “one of the greatest fraudsters” of all time. CZ’s List...Read More
The collapse of the cryptocurrency exchange FTX will go down as one of the darkest moments in crypto’s history. The company experienced severe liquidity issues in November and couldn’t honor the withdrawal requests of its customers. Binance – the world’s largest crypto platform – was ready to acquire the exchange but, after auditing, walked away...Read More
Crypto exchange Binance announced the acquisition of Sakura Exchange BitCoin (SEBC) for an undisclosed sum. The latter is a Japanese crypto exchange that is regulated by the country’s Financial Services Agency (FSA). The latest development comes just months after reports of Binance preparing for a formal entry to the Japanese market surfaced. The crypto exchange...Read More
Binance, the world’s largest crypto exchange, will remove multiple trading pairs for the DEX protocol Serum (SRM), which is known to have deep ties to both FTX and Alameda Research. The token will no longer be tradeable for Bitcoin (BTC), Tether (USDT), or Binance’s native BNB token. What is Serum? Binance revealed Serum’s trading restrictions,...Read More
The world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange – Binance – introduced its Proof of Reserves (PoR) system to display to users the exact amount of its crypto reserves. The feature will initially show only bitcoin’s holdings, while other coins will follow in the future. Binance has taken some additional measures to reaffirm its customers’ trust during the...Read More
An independent analyst has confirmed that GBTC owns approximately 633,000 Bitcoin held by its custodian – Coinbase Custody. This comes as Grayscale, the asset manager running the world’s largest bitcoin fund, revealed that it won’t share its proof of reserves with customers. According to the analyst, there could be two reasons explaining Grayscale’s reluctance. One,...Read More
Binance’s emergency insurance fund is largely comprised of a cryptocurrency tied to the company itself, according to on-chain data. The two addresses associated with the fund show that its BNB tokens account for 44% of its reserves. The Wrong Type of Insurance? As shared by on-chain analyst Willy Woo on Twitter, the Secure Asset Fund...Read More
As FTX will not be able to follow through on its commitment to purchase Voyager and its assets, Binance US will return to the table, said Changpeng Zhao. He also reiterated a previous statement that Binance is not a Chinese company, despite his appearance. Binance US to Bid on Voyager Again The cryptocurrency winter that...Read More
The collapse of crypto exchange FTX appears to have sparked surging sales for self-custodial crypto wallets which give users direct ownership of their coins. SafePal, a Binance-backed crypto wallet brand, has experienced a 10x surge in traffic to its platform since November 11th, and its hardware wallet has made record sales within that time. SafePal...Read More
The Monetary Authority of Singapore stated that there was no reason to caution investors against FTX crypto exchange as it did with Binance because the former did not actively solicit users in Singapore. This comes amid earlier speculations stating that the regulator’s action against Binance caused Singaporean users to shift to FTX thereby causing them...Read More
The first twelve days of November were perhaps the darkest for 30-year-old Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF), as he not only lost his crypto empire but went from being a Bitcoin billionaire and crypto’s white knight to filing for bankruptcy and owing customers at least $3 billion. The next eight days revealed that SBF’s once-powerful crypto exchange...Read More
Dogecoin’s Shibetoshi Nakamoto believes a potential crash of the crypto exchange Binance or the stablecoin-issuer Tether could severely destabilize the entire industry. He also advised people to do appropriate research and understand the digital asset’s sector specifics before entering it. Binance/Tether Collapse Could be Devastating The Co-Creator of the memecoin Dogecoin – Billy Markus (better...Read More
After Hacktober, which saw countless DeFi projects being exploited for hundreds of millions of dollars in total, November was expected to be a calmer month for crypto. However, that was not the case as the industry saw one of the fastest, loudest, and most shocking deterioration of a giant – FTX. An analysis by the...Read More
Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao (CZ) has all but given up on India. Pointing out the 1% transaction tax that came into force on 1 July 2022, CZ said it makes crypto trading unviable in India. Speaking at the TechCrunch Session: Crypto 2022 on November 17 in Miami, CZ further pointed out that Binance is engaged...Read More
Numerous major exchanges are disabling deposits and/or withdrawals for Solana-based variants of the top two stablecoins, USDT and USDC. The wave of delistings follows Solana’s major price crash in the wake of FTX’s collapse – an exchange known to be closely involved with the network and token. Scrubbing the Solana Stablecoins On Thursday, Binance announced...Read More
Binance, the world’s leading cryptocurrency exchange, has halted trading for the FTT/USDT trading pair following the FTX fallout. The exchange has also removed FTT from its derivatives platform. The move hasn’t been officially announced, but a search on the Binance exchange reveals no results for the FTT/USDT trading pair. The same is true for the...Read More
Industry leader Binance has shared its principles on how the fiasco can be avoided in the future. On Nov. 15, Binance CEO Changpeng ‘CZ’ Zhao tweeted the most important requirements that his and every other centralized exchange should adopt in order to ensure user trust. He also said he is working with industry partners to...Read More
Football icon Cristiano Ronaldo will soon launch his CR7 NFT collection on Binance NFT. The athlete partnered with the crypto exchange in June to introduce non-fungible tokens and Web3 to his multi-million fan base. One of the most successful soccer players of all time – Cristiano Ronaldo – will drop his first NFT collection later...Read More
One of the most successful NBA teams – Golden State Warriors – reportedly paused all marketing endeavors related to the distressed crypto exchange FTX. The latter filed for bankruptcy last week after failing to honor its clients’ withdrawal requests. According to recent coverage, the basketball club stopped advertising all FTX products and services. The last...Read More
The Seychelles-based crypto exchange – OKX – reportedly introduced a $100 million fund to aid companies with liquidity issues. The world’s largest cryptocurrency platform – Binance – launched a similar initiative to reduce the negative effects of FTX’s collapse. According to the Chinese reporter Colin Wu, OKX will distribute $100 million across numerous projects that...Read More
Binance’s CEO, CZ, had an ask-me-anything (AMA) session on Twitter and answered community questions, mostly related to the FTX fallout and how he thinks the industry will move forward. In essence, CZ believes that this is a cleansing event that will eventually turn out to be a good thing. However, he still believes there will...Read More
FTX has lost several potential rescuers after shady details of the internal workings continue to emerge. The biggest setback was Binance pulling out of the deal. But according to the crypto giant’s CEO, the deal with FTX did not make sense. While speaking at the Indonesia Fintech Summit, Changpeng “CZ” Zhao weighed on the takeover...Read More
FTX had reportedly reached out to several other large exchanges, including Coinbase and OKX, but was turned down. Its finances were one of the factors after the reviewal of which, Binance backed out of a planned takeover. While Binance may have averted more scrutiny from regulators in Europe and the United States but the botched...Read More
Sam Bankman-Fried issued an official apology following the collapse of his cryptocurrency exchange. He talked about making customers whole and finding a solution that would be best for all parties involved. FTX’s CEO took it to Twitter earlier on November 10 to shine some light on the current situation with his distressed crypto exchange. At...Read More
The announcement came in a call to investors on Nov. 9, just after Binance pulled out of the deal to acquire FTX. SBF said he hoped the beleaguered exchange could raise as much as $3-4 billion in equity. He added that FTX could also raise some debt, according to the WSJ citing people familiar with...Read More
The past few days saw extreme turbulence related to FTX, Alameda, and Binance. In the wake of it, ending with Binance’s statement of intent to take over FTX’s business, the CEO of both companies has been knocked off of the Bloomberg Billionaires Index due to an estimated 94% drop in personal wealth. $25 Billion Lost...Read More
Binance’s CEO said the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange increased its Secure Asset Fund for Users (SAFU) to $1 billion again. This comes as a result of the recent market plunge, and its purpose is to grant customers maximum protection in case of another possible negative event. Changpeng Zhao (CZ) tweeted that his trading venue topped...Read More
Binance, the world’s largest crypto exchange, has backed out of its agreement to purchase FTX just one day after signing an agreement to rescue the company on Tuesday. Binance said its decision was made in light of a review of FTX’s handling of customer deposits, alongside alleged US agency investigations against the firm. The announcement,...Read More
A few months earlier, FTX CEO SBF said several “third-tier” crypto exchanges were insolvent but yet to be exposed. This was when several crypto lending platforms suffered massive financial contagion following Three Arrows Capital’s (3AC) fallout as a result of Terra’s spectacular collapse. His comments, obviously, did not age well now that his empire appears...Read More
Binance, the world’s largest crypto exchange, is reportedly ready to back out of a deal to rescue FTX only a day after announcing its buyout deal. A review of FTX’s financials has apparently led Binance to “strongly lean against completing the transaction,” a person familiar with the matter told CoinDesk. FTX and Binance announced the...Read More
