Taking Responsibility: CZ Steps Down from Binance; Market Pricing Rattled by News Impact! Richard Teng Takes Over
Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao (CZ) announced his resignation, and Richard Teng Takes Over. The news shook the market's pricing.
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Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao (CZ) announced his resignation, and Richard Teng Takes Over. The news shook the market's pricing.
This decision marks a continuation of the status quo established after the company's significant sell-off of Bitcoin in Q2 2022, when it liquidated approximately 75% of its holdings for $936 million.
Cointelegraph, a leading cryptocurrency news publication, issued a clarification and apology for the inadvertent dissemination of unverified information regarding a spot Bitcoin ETF approval by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
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Several high-profile investment firms participated in the round, suggesting that interest in the space is far from waning anytime soon.
Since 2017, the blogger has been buying 500 euros of bitcoin per month for his retirement fund.