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Binance Says Rout Won’t Hit Crypto’s Value Role – SCMP

The use of high-yield leveraged products worsened the rout in the $247 billion decentralised finance industry over the weekend, Binance chief Changpeng Zhao said


A large chunk of Binance's emergency insurance fund – 44% – is made up of the crypto exchange's own BNB tokens, a report by CryptoPotato says.
Binance reportedly plans to implement a proof of reserves system verifying its total exchange assets. This file image shows Binance chief Changpeng Zhao, who has plenty to think about given the current state of the sector. Photo: Reuters.

 

The turmoil in the crypto market won’t impact the role of cryptocurrency as a store of value, Binance chief executive Zhao Changpeng said in an interview with the South China Morning Post, adding that the use of high-yield leveraged products worsened the rout in the $247 billion decentralised finance industry over the weekend.

Crypto will play a major role in the future of Web 3, the next avatar of the internet that is based on blockchain technology, Zhao said.

Read the full report: South China Morning Post.

 

 

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Sean O'Meara

Sean O'Meara is an Editor at Asia Financial. He has been a newspaper man for more than 30 years, working at local, regional and national titles in the UK as a writer, sub-editor, page designer and print editor. A football, cricket and rugby fan, he has a particular interest in sports finance.

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