Lawmakers Grill Binance Over FTT Tokens Selloff That Triggered FTX Collapse

Crypto trade Binance on Tuesday mentioned it agreed to submit proof associated to the proposed FTX acquisition deal and choices to liquidate FTT token holdings to the UK Parliament’s Treasury Committee. The crypto trade will seem as a witness in FTX group’s crypto belongings investigation.

Binance Submitting Proof On FTX Deal, FTT Selloff

Binance has agreed to submit proof that the FTX collapse was not triggered by Binance’s determination to liquidate $580 million value of FTT tokens, reported Bloomberg on November 15.

Daniel Trinder, Binance’s vp of presidency affairs in Europe, was grilled by lawmakers on Monday over the choice to liquidate $580 million value of FTX Token (FTT). Thus, the UK Parliament’s Treasury Committee seeks proof about Binance’s decision-making behind promoting FTT tokens and due diligence carried out for the potential acquisition of FTX.

After Binance determined to promote FTT tokens amid the revelations surrounding Alameda Analysis and FTX, buying and selling volumes for the token jumped over a 12 months excessive. It additionally triggered the chain of occasions that led to FTX submitting for chapter because it began going through a liquidity crunch.

UK Parliament’s Treasury Committee Chair Harriett Baldwin mentioned it expects proof together with inner correspondence and information about potential market penalties of Binance’s FTT divestment.

Furthermore, Trinder defined that Binance by no means supposed the collapse of rival crypto trade FTX, the intention was to guard its personal customers. He additionally promised to ship proof by November 15 itself. Nonetheless, Binance might edit some info as a result of authorized and safety functions.

The correspondence between FTX and Binance amid the liquidity crunch will reveal if Binance was conscious that it may influence the crypto market.

Sam Bankman-Fried Cryptic Tweets

In the meantime, Sam Bankman-Fried continues to publish single-word tweets that Crypto Twitter asserts that he’s protecting older deleted tweets with new tweets to forestall them from monitoring by monitoring bots.

In a current tweet, he tries to clarify what led to the collapse of FTX and present plans amid the chapter proceedings.

“I’ll get to what occurred. However for now, let’s discuss the place we’re as we speak.”