Binance CEO announces recovery funds conversion from BUSD to 'native crypto'
Binance CEO says with recent “changes” in stablecoins and banks, the company’s recovery fund will be converted from BUSD to “native cryptos" such as BTC. The failure of three major crypto-backing banks, Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), Silvergate Bank and Signature Bank caused the stablecoin (USDC) to fall to as low as $0.87 from its $1 benchmark. Amid the concern mounting around stablecoins, Binance CEO and co-founder Changpeng (CZ) Zhao tweeted on March 13 that with the “changes in stablecoins and banks,” it will be converting the remaining $1 billion funds in its Industry Recovery Initiative into “native crypto." Given the changes in stable coins and banks, #Binance will convert the remaining of the $1 billion Industry Recovery Initiative funds from BUSD to native crypto, including #BTC, #BNB and ETH. Some fund movements will occur on-chain. Transparency. — CZ Binance (@cz_binance) March 13, 2023 The native cryptos listed by CZ included Bitcoin (BTC), Binance Coin (BNB) an...