Binance was slapped with a $4.3 billion fine because it let groups like Hamas and ISIS receive funds: Treasury Department::“Can barely buy an AK-47 with 600 bucks,” a Binance compliance staffer told his boss in 2019, per regulators.

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    1 year ago

    I love how just a year ago, he was the one to call out FTX.

    People in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones and all that…

    The whole industry seems like a criminal plot at this point.

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      1 year ago

      Binance has no problem with its clients. FTX literally invested the money of the people in high risk assets, and they ended up bankrupted.

      In the day of the Binance’s trial, people withdraw more than billion of dollars worth Cryptos. Binance didn’t end up bankrupt as they are holding A LOT.

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        1 year ago

        We only know ftx was stealing due to a run on the exchange. Binance could also easily be in the same boat, we just don’t know, as they have not been tested for there liquidity. Also it turns out ftx pretty much had the money, but it just was not liquid.

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      1 year ago

      FTX was a scam, they literally stole from their clients. The only failure of Binance is they failed to reject certain clients certain governments asked them to reject