Binance CEO deelt lessen uit de ineenstorting van FTX
- Binance CEO CZ adviseerde cryptobedrijven om hun native tokens niet als onderpand te gebruiken en om niet te lenen.
- FTX had een liquiditeitscrisis nadat CZ had getweet dat Binance zijn FTT-posities zou liquideren.
- A recent Bloomberg post has revealed that Sam Bankman-Fried has lost a chunk of his fortune, taking him off the company’s top 500.
With the battle of the titans officially over, Binance CEO, Changpeng “CZ” Zhao has emerged as the superpower of the market after seeing off his biggest competitor, FTX. CZ later took to Twitter to share “two big lessons” from the FTX situation. The crypto billionaire advised exchanges against using their native tokens as collateral and also to keep large reserves.
Binance heeft een niet-bindende intentieverklaring ingediend om FTX . te verwerven after the exchange had liquidity problems. Sharing from his wealth of experience, the 45-year-old CZ advised crypto companies against borrowing, adding that “Binance has never used BNB for collateral, and we have never taken on debt.”
FTX’s liquidity problems were triggered by a post made by CZ, in which he claimed Binance would liquidate its FTT holdings, citing “recent revelations.” FTX users recently complained about sluggish withdrawals, sparking fears the exchange did not have enough to cover user funds.
The specifics of the takeover are yet unknown, but it does not involve FTX.US, the exchange’s American subsidiary, which was valued at about $8 billion earlier this year.
SBF Falls From Bloomberg’s Billionaire List
Sam Bankman-Fried was one of the few crypto billionaires, with his wealth once said to have approached $20 billion. However, SBF might not have the luxury of his “billionaire” title anymore after losing 94% of his personal wealth due to the recent crisis. According to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, SBF no longer appears in the company’s top 500.
Bankman-Fried kwam naar voren als een van de meest vocale en krachtige figuren in de cryptowereld. Afgezien van het verwerven van omstreden bedrijven, breidde SBF zijn invloed uit in de Amerikaanse politieke ruimte, waarbij hij zijn financiële macht gebruikte om politici die zijn ideologieën steunen te pushen. Bloomberg gemeld dat SBF zijn rijkdom zou kunnen zien afnemen als Binance met succes FTX zou verwerven.
Bankman-Fried had een aandeel van 53% in FTX. Voordat het nieuws van een mogelijke overname bekend werd, werd FTX gewaardeerd op $6,2 miljard. SBF behield ook zijn eigendom van Alameda Research, waardoor zijn vermogen met nog eens $7,4 miljard toenam.
The Bloomberg wealth index values the two companies at just $1, which estimates that Bankman-Fried and current investors will lose everything due to the Binance acquisition. As a result, Bankman-Fried’s value decreased from $15.6 billion on November 8 to approximately $1 billion, marking the biggest single-day collapse that Bloomberg recorded.