Breaking: FTX’s Binance rescue deal falls apart in less than 48 hours
Binance cited allegations of the mishandling of consumer funds and an investigation from regulators as reasons for exiting the agreement. On Nov. 9, less than 48 hours after Changpeng “CZ” Zhao, CEO of cryptocurrency exchange Binance, announced his intentions to bail out troubled competitor FTX, the firm stated that it would not be pursuing the deal. Binance had signed a nonbinding letter of intent on Nov. 8 that allowed the firm to either fully acquire the FTX exchange, proceed with a partial acquisition of assets, or walk away from the agreement. “As a result of corporate due diligence,....
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The FTX drama continues as the deal with its competitor Binance falls apart. According to several reports, employees at the platform are fleeing amid growing concerns about a massive $6 billion hole on the company’s balance sheet. Related Reading: Bitcoin On-Chain Data: Selling From Whales Holding 1k+ BTC Behind Crash A report from Semafor indicates that FTX’s legal and compliance staff left en masse as the company announced its deal with Binance. The report cites people familiar with the matter speculating on the company’s hurdles to completing any agreement without a legal staff. FTX’s....
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Binance faces far less competition in the aftermath of FTX’s fall, but it still may not win a surge in new users. Based on the joint statements on Twitter this week from Binance CEO Changpeng “CZ” Zhao and FTX CEO Sam “SBF” Bankman-Fried, it seems clear that FTX has serious solvency problems — so dire that few in the market are willing to save it. As a result, FTX is turning to CZ as a prospective buyer.After CZ exposed FTX’s problems earlier in the week by announcing his plan to dump $500 million of its FTX Token (FTT) on the market, the companies said on Nov. 8 that they had entered into....
The Binance CEO was responding to a questioner who accused the company of profiting from FTX’s downfall while normal users suffered. During an ask-me-anything (AMA) session on Twitter Spaces on Nov. 14, Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao, also known as CZ, urged crypto users to take responsibility for their investment decisions and not put all of the blame on others when things go south.“As a user, you also have responsibility — you can’t just blame all of the responsibility to other people. When bad things happen, if you blame all of the responsibility, if it’s always to other people, you will....