11-10-2022, 10:29 AM
- Binance is backing out of its plans to acquire FTX, the company said Wednesday.
- “The issues are beyond our control or ability to help,” Binance said in a tweet.
- FTX, which was valued at $32 billion earlier this year, is now in jeopardy of collapsing.
Binance is backing out of its plans to acquire FTX, the company said Wednesday, leaving Sam Bankman-Fried’s crypto empire on the verge of collapse.
The reversal comes one day after Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao announced that the world’s largest cryptocurrency firm had reached a non-binding deal to buy FTX’s non-U.S. businesses for an undisclosed amount, rescuing the company from a liquidity crisis. Earlier this year, FTX was valued at $32 billion by private investors.
“In the beginning, our hope was to be able to support FTX’s customers to provide liquidity,” Binance said in a tweet on Wednesday. “But the issues are beyond our control or ability to help.”
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