Binance VD var "aldrig emot" den nu ökända FTX-grundaren

• Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao stated that he was “never against” the former CEO of collapsed crypto exchange FTX despite industry players calling him the orchestrator of the entire drama.
• A Turkish-American economist Nouriel Roubini revealed his “seven Cs of crypto” ie. “concealed, corrupt, crooks, criminals, con men, carnival barkers, and  Changpeng Zhao.” 
• Även om hans tillkännagivande angående den offentliga försäljningen av FTX-token FTT may have sparked a larger sale of the token and led to FTX’s liquidity issue, Zhao insisted that his actions were motivated neither by malice nor by rivalry.

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As the accused FTX founder continues to complain on Twitter, Binance CEO and co-founder Changpeng Zhao has reiterated his viewpoint on Sam Bankman-Fried. Zhao told CNBC on Thursday that he was “never against” the now infamous SBF, whose $26 billion net worth has dropped to zero amid FTX’s collapse and charges of fraud and mismanagement of customer assets.

“We don’t focus on other smaller exchanges,” Zhao stated, in an interview.

It is important to note that the Binance head has been attacked by many critics citing him as the initiator of the FTX event. A Turkish-American economist Nouriel Roubini revealed his “seven Cs of crypto” ie. “concealed, corrupt, crooks, criminals, con men, carnival barkers, and  Changpeng Zhao.” 

Even if his public sale of FTX token FTT may have sparked a larger sale of the token and led to FTX’s liquidity issue, Zhao insisted that his actions were motivated neither by malice nor by rivalry.

“We were never in a battle with him. He may think he’s in a battle with us. We didn’t even notice. We did hear some concerns about, you know, him badmouthing us behind our backs in D.C., in other political lobbying circles,” Zhao admitted.

Binance FTX stöddes ursprungligen

Binance var en tidig supporter av FTX. Zhao sa att han bestämde sig vid vilken tidpunkt han behövde lämna when he realized things had gotten bad. He added: “We just said, ‘Look, we don’t wanna be entangled, we just want to exit our equity portion.’ We did that a year and a half ago. And as part of that transaction we got some FTT tokens,”

Zhao clarified he was unaware of the full scope of FTX’s off-the-record operations.

“I’m shocked that he lied to everybody, I didn’t know that he lied to everybody until a week ago,” he said.

Zhao talar om förordningar

Binance’s CEO is a huge supporter of regulations and believes that the crypto space needs to be regulated almost immediately. In a recent statement, Zhao, who is known as CZ in the crypto space, said that stable and clear regulations for the industry are needed to prevent players from “cutting corners.”

Zhao tillfrågades om han trodde att reglerna skulle ha undvikit FTX-kollapsen, och han svarade:

“Regulations could minimize some of the problems, but when a person lies—when there’s a bad player that just wants to do bad things—regulation doesn’t prevent it.” 

Binance har alltmer stött kryptoföretag och nyligen introducerade en femte säsongen för inkubationsprogrammet där 12 projekt inkluderades som skulle coachas för att göra det stort i kryptorymden.

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