FTX US suspends withdrawals, according to on-chain data
Following an announcement on Nov. 10 that FTX US might halt buying and selling on its platform, on-chain data means that the platform has paused withdrawals from the United States-based platform on Nov. 11.
The unique announcement on Nov. 10 cautioned customers to “please shut down any positions” whereas sustaining that its customers would nonetheless be capable to make withdrawals, as that can stay open.
Though the FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried, also referred to as SBF, remained insistent that FTX US was superb and had been unaffected by FTX liquidity points, it seems issues might have spiraled quickly, as FTX US was included in a Chapter 11 chapter submitting in america.
On Nov. 10, Bankman-Fried assured FTX US customers in an apology that “FTX US, the US primarily based change that accepts People, was not financially impacted by this shitshow.” He added that the platform was “100% liquid” and that “each consumer might absolutely withdraw (modulo fuel charges and so on).”
19) Just a few different assorted feedback:
This was about FTX Worldwide. FTX US, the US primarily based change that accepts People, was not financially impacted by this shitshow.
It is 100% liquid. Each consumer might absolutely withdraw (modulo fuel charges and so on).
Updates on its future coming.
— SBF (@SBF_FTX) November 10, 2022
To recap, FTX Worldwide’s liquidity points had been triggered throughout the final seven days when Binance CEO Changpeng “CZ” Zhao introduced that Binance would liquidate everything of its FTX Token (FTT) holdings. CZ’s announcement inadvertently brought about a financial institution run whereby FTX’s customers tried to withdraw funds solely to find that the change didn’t have sufficient liquidity available to fulfill the demand.
Since then, Bankman-Fried has resigned from his place as FTX CEO however will “stay to help in an orderly transition” earlier than being succeeded by John Ray.
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