Binance CEO Tells Employees That Taking Over Rival Crypto Exchange FTX Isn’t a “Win for Us”

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CZ also discussed his broader takeaways from the downward spiral of FTX on Twitter and shared “two big lessons.”

They include, “Never use a token you created as collateral” and “Don’t borrow if you run a crypto business.”

Instead of using capital “efficiently,” he urged crypto businesses to have a large reserve, pointing out that Binance has never used its BNB token for collateral and has never taken on debt.

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In addition, Zhao said Binance “topped up” its Secure Asset Fund for Users, which is an emergency insurance fund, to the equivalent of $1 billion again after crypto prices plunged on news of the FTX deal.