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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Technology
Alex Hern UK technology editor

Binance founder insists ‘business as usual’ after $1bn pulled out in a day

 Changpeng Zhao speaks during a news conference at the Web Summit in Lisbon.
In a memo to staff on Wednesday, Zhao admitted that the next several months would be ‘bumpy’, according to Bloomberg News. Photograph: Pedro Nunes/Reuters

More than a billion dollars were pulled out of Binance in a single day, according to the largest cryptocurrency exchange’s founder Changpeng Zhao, as investors across the sector continue to react to the collapse of its rival FTX.

Zhao, better known as CZ, insisted that the withdrawals were simply proof of the firm footing that Binance has, calling them a “stress test” and reassuring depositors that the exchange’s reserves were sound.

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