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Crypto collapse: FTX’s fall is one piece of a long, cold, contagious crypto winter

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That escalated quickly.

The situation is still developing, and we’ll have more information as things become clearer, but here’s how it stands. Yesterday morning FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried tweeted, “FTX is fine.”

Today it’s being acquired by Binance to help resolve a liquidity crunch after investors had trouble making withdrawals.

Tweets from Sam Bankman-Fried and Binance founder CZ
Tweets from Sam Bankman-Fried and Binance founder CZ
Image: Twitter
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