Crypto​.com CEO addresses whereabouts of $1B in stablecoins sent to FTX

During a live ask-me-anything (AMA) session with users on Nov. 14, Crypto.com CEO Kris Marszalek explained that the firm sent large-sum stablecoins to troubled cryptocurrency exchange FTX to fulfill liquidity within customers’ orders at the time when FTX was still functional. As told by Marszalek:  “Over a year, $1 billion was moved to FTX, and we recovered all of this. We only had exposure of under $10 million when FTX shut down. And FTX was a trading venue where — this is one of the few trading venues with decent…

Binance Forming Crypto Industry Recovery Fund to ‘Reduce Further Cascading Negative Effects of FTX’ – Bitcoin News

Cryptocurrency exchange Binance is forming an industry recovery fund to “reduce further cascading negative effects of FTX,” said CEO Changpeng Zhao (CZ). “As an industry, we need to increase transparency,” the executive stressed. “We need to work very closely with regulators all around the world to make this industry more robust.” Binance Establishing Crypto Industry Recovery Fund Following the collapse of cryptocurrency exchange FTX, Binance announced that it is forming a recovery fund for the crypto industry. CEO Changpeng Zhao (CZ) tweeted early Monday morning: To reduce further cascading negative…

Correlation Between Equity Markets, Bitcoin Weakens Following FTX Collapse

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Hong Kong Crypto Platform Hbit’s $18.1M Stuck in FTX

The collapse of the FTX crypto exchange has sent shockwaves across the crypto industry. FTX’s trouble has caused the crypto market to tumble and the crypto community to worry about how the entire industry will be impacted. Crypto exchange Crypto.com said it had a $10 million exposure to FTX and Genesis, a trading firm, said it had $175 million in locked funds in its FTX trading account, plus many others have reported having exposure to FTX. Source

Goldman Cuts Coinbase Price Target to $41, Says Exchange is Fairly Insulated From FTX Collapse

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