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Article is by Molly White, who you might recognize from Mastodon and web3isgoinggreat.com:
https://hachyderm.io/@molly0xfff/117526961419935070
I wrote up what we know about the Binance hack so far. By my best estimate, Binance is out around $3 billion after stablecoin issuers froze what they could. Changpeng Zhao is promising Binance will cover it, but he’s legally barred from running the company.



Isn’t that every bank?
My bank has nice plush offices I can burn to the ground if they steal it.
Yeah but FDIC insurance goes a long way in people’s mind.
Banks are well established at least.
Banks are backed by the government. That’s why people trust them.
People forgot why that is.