Why Did FTX Pause Withdrawals if It Wasn't Trading Customer Funds?

Nov 9, 2022

A day after signing a letter of intent to buy struggling rival FTX, crypto exchange Binance seems highly unlikely to go through with the acquisition, according to a CoinDesk source. This comes after a huge wave of withdrawals drained FTX of liquidity and effectively froze the platform. Chief Insights Columnist David Z. Morris discusses the latest in the proposed Binance-FTX deal.

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