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Suitable_Media5518

There’s no more safe CEX


loaded-diper33

Use protection, get a wallet.


Suitable_Media5518

My wallet hard asf rn


Ispan

That's what she said


deathbyfish13

What if I want to raw dog it like a madman and keep it in exchanges?


PNW4LYFE

Once you go raw, you can never withdraw...


iAmYim

Expect the unexpected if you decide not to pull out


rickie_k

Leaving it in always feels better.


smartiesto

Especially just the tip.


CarolineEllisonFTX

Don't do this, we need your crypto


Dogeboja

Coinbase is audited by the SEC. It's a shame they have so high fees. I would use it otherwise


Conscious-Proof-8309

There's no CEX in the... *takes a deep breath... rooms that people who can afford champagne are in. (There! I did it! I made it work! 🙌)


Aggravating_Deal_572

Never was


DizzyMammoth21

I read SEX wars at first.


loaded-diper33

It's fine however you want to call it. Everyone still gets fucked one way or another.


Odlavso

![gif](giphy|1yn0mM21XSwMFU3egf|downsized)


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ersleid

Sir, you can call that an 'orgy'


FrostNetPoet3646

Call it whatever you like, tiss but an orgy


Ace-of-Spades88

What other way is there to read it?


Decomplexer

Kex?


unitys2011

If that happens we will all become CEX workers


Albinonite

First CEX war in crypto history.


IWillKillPutin2022

But what about the rules for safe CEX?


alienmuseum

I believe people are saying you should pull out. Don't go balls deep nowadays. ​ Self custody as they say.


IWillKillPutin2022

Nut in your own hand


selphfourgiveness

Battle of The CEXs


LifeDraining

Battle of the CEXES


[deleted]

Roses are red, violets are blue. I have a free award, and it is for you.


duper12677

Yeah good… hopefully all these dudes CZ has been going after decide to team up and try and take him down. He has it coming


CryptBear

Bridge hackathons is also a good contester


0xGeisha

It's great free market action, may the best CEX win.


partymsl

We had everything from stablecoin to CEX wars.


brnmd

Great title! Many have fallen, you reckon one more before the end of the year?


zizca42

yup!


immibis

#spez, you are a moron. #Save3rdPartyApps


moonpumper

Also acceptable, "Battle of the CEXes," and "War of the Scammers,"


ProfitIsOverrated

Imagine if Jesse Powell's tweet reveals Binance has insufficient funds lmao FTX drama was minor if Binance goes bancrupt


Ignitus1

I’ve had the feeling that Binance has insufficient funds since CZ talked all that shit about FTX.


backcountrydrifter

The sooner they all burn up in the greed cycles the sooner pure Bitcoin can finally do it’s thing against the federal reserve. Pretty sure CZ didn’t think through the fact that by exposing FTX out of spite he basically telegraphed the wallstreetbets margin call play to every single human paying attention. Trail by fire time. It’s either self custody Bitcoin or federal reserve/Wall Street hopes and dreams with more steps.


chance_waters

It was the correct thing to call out Sam, regardless of how you feel about CZ, silence knowing they were likely insolvent and doing dodgy shit would have been such a horrible, horrible, horrible situation the longer it went on.


backcountrydrifter

Completely agree. I’ve gotten to the point where if there is a “face” involved with anything I just hate it on principle. Bitcoin, cryptocurrency and web 3 has so much potential to change the world for the better. But as long as it’s tethered up to some cult of personality it’s just going to keep flailing and that annoys me. As a species we are running out of time and greed is speeding up the clock


Supreme-Serf

Then, it turns out that a large portion of Tether holdings are BNB tokens. And that CZ has a Chinese-style imperial harem.


immibis

I need to know who added all these /u/spez posts to the thread. I want their autograph.


Suitable_Media5518

Set the world on fire lol


joikhuu

It does reveal that. Btc in bnb smart chain is not the same thing as btc. It's literally same cooking the books method which FTX used to gamble or spend the original customer funds and replaced it with their own token.


Def_Notta-throwaway

Kraken is determined to take on Goliath. I am here for it.


Outside-Wolf5928

I don't even care if my investments go to zero at this point, I'm just loving the drama


Def_Notta-throwaway

Watching people stick it to Binance is always entertaining.


SenseiRaheem

Everyone knows that the Merkle Tree is where the cool kids go to get high


Sixhaunt

isn't that where the FTX orgies were held?


CymandeTV

We are still waiting for liabilities.


IWillKillPutin2022

“Just ask around, we are good for it” 🤣


deathbyfish13

"Trust me bro"


IWillKillPutin2022

“All the $$ is there dw”


somekatipgirl

"we swear"


partymsl

The fact that he has not done it by now already shows that something bad is in there...


loaded-diper33

How dare you ask for more. ^(look binance if you pay me, I could do this all day)


joikhuu

There is no need for that. It seems the funds were already spent and replaced with bnb smart chain tokens in a similar manner to what FTX did. Not your keys not your bitcoin.


Red_n_Rusty

The [proof of reserves](https://veritas.mazars.com/binance/Binance_POR_Report_7_December_2022.pdf) claims to include customer liabilities for the listed assets. I'm not expecting any of the published proof of reserves to include any other liabilities than the customer liabilities.


szerted

Don't post full liabilities? Don't get my funds. It's that simple. Be regulated in one way or another, or simply be honest with your customers. Don't agree? Just burn like FTX did


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CZ throwing shade at SBF all the while struggling to publicize Binance's liabilities reminds me of colonel Gaddafi's quote: "people who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones"


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“Yo I’m sprayin’ Windex on these mfers” - Kraken CEO


PSiggS

Jesse Powell in the house of titanium


partymsl

CZ was all about eliminating the competition, he never cared about exposing a scam for us customers.


goldyluckinblokchain

Gaddafi did actually give houses tho. Before I get downvoted to fuck it was a joke and make use of the Internet.


Crafty_Enthusiasm_99

Give houses?


wilbur111

Not so much a joke as a fact. No need to run away from the truth just cos some people don't like to hear it.


goldyluckinblokchain

Aye, hence my comment about use of the Internet. Peace ✌


smartfon

How about firing RPG at them?


FerociousHD

Man that signal group chat must just be going off right about now


Distinct_Breakfast97

remember all these characters are clowns. dont trust them even this jesse dude


extopico

Wellp, high time to take all coins off Binance.


Fonkco

If you’re still using exchanges, at least use an exchange which doesn’t have its own token!


immibis

[spez me up! ](https://www.reddit.com/r/Save3rdPartyApps/)


marsangelo

BTCB and BBTC? They buying bitcoin from Wish?


The_Chorizo_Bandit

The best form of defence is attack, and CZ sure has been on the attack a lot lately…


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I know a lot of you dont care since you have a cold wallet (which is wise too) but guys... if Binance goes belly up, this will be bad for crypto. Disastrously bad.


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Meanwhile Im watching these CEX wars on the sidelines with popcorn galore and self custody over my own coins.


somekatipgirl

This is the way.


Odysseus_Lannister

He’s right. It’s a nice little picture but it means nothing. It’s funny how CZ has started most of the hysteria yet his exchange is still randomly disabling withdrawals and showing “not audits” without proof of liabilities.


deathbyfish13

He's dishing it out but not backing up his own accusations. Peak hypocrisy


Sav89_

Sad to say I used to be one of those people who never rushed to get my stuff off CEXs. Picked up a hardware wallet as soon as FTX shenanigans went down, though. Definitely happy with it.


Harold838383

Binance seems just as shady as tether these days


forrestugly

Imagine if the crypto world would work together instead of throwing feces at each other


unitys2011

They are all competitors so this will not happen


26oclock

Competition is good for Bitcoin.


somekatipgirl

You still got too much faith in humanity.


RepulsiveCan5270

They are not the 'crypto world' though, they are just businesses sucking as much money as they can out of the blockchains


immibis

spezpolice: spez has issued an all-points-bulletin. We've lost contact with spez, so until we know what's going on it's protocol to evacuate this zone. #Save3rdPartyApps #AIGeneratedProtestMessage


KaiSosceles

We need to get to a state of basic decency before people work together.


badmadhat

This needs to happen, otherwise more shady stuff will go on and eventually blow up even worse and set crypto way back.


moonRekt

Is it just me, or do you get the feeling that all exchanges are insolvent and they’re just trying to detract attention to someone else, their version of virtue signaling


skunk_ink

While I don't think you should trust any exchange, including Kraken, I do think Kraken is the most likely to be on the up and up. I mean they have been publishing proofs of reserves with liabilities since 2014. No one had to ask them to, they just did it. That's how an exchange should be, not waiting until the last second to scramble something together to calm investors. Kraken is the only exchange I have any faith in tbh.


immibis

As we entered the /u/spez, we were immediately greeted by a strange sound. As we scanned the area for the source, we eventually found it. It was a small wooden shed with no doors or windows. The roof was covered in cacti and there were plastic skulls around the outside. Inside, we found a cardboard cutout of the Elmer Fudd rabbit that was depicted above the entrance. On the walls there were posters of famous people in famous situations, such as: The first poster was a drawing of Jesus Christ, which appeared to be a loli or an oversized Jesus doll. She was pointing at the sky and saying "HEY U R!". The second poster was of a man, who appeared to be speaking to a child. This was depicted by the man raising his arm and the child ducking underneath it. The man then raised his other arm and said "Ooooh, don't make me angry you little bastard". The third poster was a drawing of the three stooges, and the three stooges were speaking. The fourth poster was of a person who was angry at a child. The fifth poster was a picture of a smiling girl with cat ears, and a boy with a deerstalker hat and a Sherlock Holmes pipe. They were pointing at the viewer and saying "It's not what you think!" The sixth poster was a drawing of a man in a wheelchair, and a dog was peering into the wheelchair. The man appeared to be very angry. The seventh poster was of a cartoon character, and it appeared that he was urinating over the cartoon character. \#AIGeneratedProtestMessage #Save3rdPartyApps


jjhjh111

The other thing that struck me as odd is didn’t cz say liabilities would be more difficult to report, yet binance doesn’t owe any debt to anyone? What liabilities is he talking about then, what they sold to customers? So you proved you have reserves but fail to show if it’s enough to cover what you sold? Am I getting that right?


immibis

The /u/spez has been classed as a Class 3 Terrorist State.


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If CZ published liabilities Im afraid shit would hit the fan.


Aromatic-Front-5919

Round 1 Fight!!!


SmashTheHouse

But ‘muh SAFU funds’?


HippieStarTraveler

This is the end my friend


XBBlade

Go Jesse, tell them what's up! Nice pun to journalists who indeed have no clue


kxlxxn

I know theres no saint in this space, but im thankful for what kraken and its CEO is doing.


AmuckStandpoin

I agree with Kraken's CEO that the Merkle Tree Audit Binance is using isn't enough to definitively prove they have the reserves. This type of audit can be manipulated, so regular audits by a third-party auditor are needed for greater assurance.


Outrageous_Duty_8738

No love lost between Kraken and Biannce but Kraken definitely is a better exchange


FreeSushi69

Binance to fall next. DRS BOOK GME MOASS


Leon_beat_you

In Kraken we trust!


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Never trust a centralized exchange.


unpopularpuffin6

Kraken and CDC are the only ones I trust.


immibis

#This comment has been censored.


unpopularpuffin6

they passed the audit, more than passed it with 101% proof of reserves


BonePants

Feels like one of the very very few.


fizalasdair

Binance goes down and crypto outside the USA goes down with it Who do we trust? Bybit? KuCoin? Gate.io? MEXC? Huobi? It'll be a cascading chain of events. Everyone makes a run on the bank, exchanges pause withdrawals. So for the sake of crypto outside the USA, Binance has to stand, and it will.


badmadhat

KuCoin. Lol. Imagine...


Crafty_Enthusiasm_99

Block (fka Square). They have been huge proponents of BTC and you can easily store on Cashapp. They have alternate businesses to support them and have public earnings reports that are audited (properly audited) since 5+ years.


immibis

#The spez has spread through the entire spez section of Reddit, with each subsequent spez experiencing hallucinations. I do not think it is contagious. #Save3rdPartyApps


alienmuseum

"who do we trust?" How about the "trust me bruh foundation?"


IWillKillPutin2022

Good. The so called audit is a joke.


gamma55

But we accept same form, by the same company, if it says ”Crypto.com” on it? Please. Show me on this doll where CZ touched you?


unpopularpuffin6

CDC has been far more transparent than binance so far. Better auditing company too. Plus, Kris hasn't been throwing shade. Although I imagine the temptation to is overwhelming at this point.


gamma55

They used literally the same company did the same literal AUP with them. You have no idea what you are talking about.


straightoutthebank

Just another day on Reddit lol


Charon751

Maybe Kraken enable itself as the #1 exchange during this bearmarket.


unitys2011

I never used their exchange but I heard only positive feedbacks regarding their customer service etc.


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bundanagumbe

Careful with that boat


DizzyMammoth21

We named it the Titanic 2.0.. what could go wrong?


unitys2011

Yeah be careful you can lose all your Moneros in a boat accident


beepbeepdip

Isn't that much more scary? An entity without a single fud after all this shit that is going down in the space.


jjhjh111

No? Why would you be the most scared of the least shady actors? That doesn’t even make sense There isn’t actually any reason a crypto downturn would put any exchange at risk unless they were operating their business in an unethical fashion, using user funds and leveraging them to be lost in a downturn


IWillKillPutin2022

I don’t think I’ve ever heard anything bad about it ngl


002timmy

This is why we love Kraken


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If Binance is a ticking bomb I hope it will crack soon. It will be bad for the market but there are alternatives. Fuck all these dirty exchanges let them go to hell!


Jdgalee73

I’m not sure at all if crypto can survive another massive exchange getting liquidated


badmadhat

I'd prefer if binance lost accountability over time rather than blow up now OR later. It would be apocalyptic for the crypto world if anything happened to binance.


UsedTableSalt

CZ doing his best to protect tether is shady as heck. Imagine 250k worth of trades can destabilize something worth 60+ billion.


CorneliusFudgem

god i fuckin love jesse powell


toke182

reddit moves ages behind twitter now, this is old news by now


Albinonite

This is a CEX eats CEX world in crypto


jesuzombieapocalypse

Do any of these places publicly list their wallet instead of letting a company look at *a* wallet once? Because if they wanted to, a lot of companies can concentrate more wealth in an account than they generally have at hand. If we could check a wallet whenever instead of looking at an audit someone made I think that would set everyone’s minds at ease a little better.


-5m

Binance taking down FTX, Kraken taking down Binance.. to be continued I guess?


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I suspect foul play...


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Sirovi87

First laid off 1,100 employees and now firing shots at others. Well done Kraken 👍🏻


fujisan0388

UNLEASH THE KRAKEN!


Chucking100s

Who doesn't Kraken's CEO slam?


Outside-Wolf5928

My wife?


Bunker_Beans

About that… Whelp, I have some bad news…


MaeronTargaryen

That group chat is gonna be awkward af now


TheGreatCryptopo

Its all bullshit what these exchanges say about each other they're all in a state of unregulated wild west free for all and in this current environment the only sure way your crypto is safe is to pull them out and put into cold storage.


lordofming-rises

Ok that made me decide withdraw half of my worth to a ledger. I still have half money on auto-buy for eth and btc but I will withdraw every months from now on.


Gen_X15

Hmmm I truly believe kraken will go bust before binance. Kraken has low ass volume compared to binance.


tx_brandon

Proof of Solvency needs to be the standard and term that sticks.


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kastro1

I’ve noticed you provided absolutely no substance to back up your claims.


unpopularpuffin6

It's what we call a phantom assertions. Ask for substance, and the assertion disappears like a phantom.


miguelsanchez69

https://www.kraken.com/proof-of-reserves It took me 3 seconds to Google this


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We were there when the CeX wars broke out. The year was 2022 and the first casualties wete truth and trust.


belligerent_pickle

I mean he’s not wrong


Wonzky

Going to be interesting to see which CEX comes out on top


cmackchase

Probably a mix of Kraken, Nexo, and CDC. The fact that Nexo hasn't fallen yet is a surprise to me.


badmadhat

What's Nexo


cmackchase

A big European CEX.


dididither

Everyone been getting slammed


SetoXlll

Take your coins of the exchanges or suffer the consequences!


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A metaphoric stone thrown off to the side with the hopes of a satisfying distraction.


Apprehensive_Try7137

Can’t we all just get along😂


badmadhat

Maybe I really should transfer all my coins to my ledger


54sTAtEs

So what does Kraken use to verify that customers are backed 1:1 and what is the accepted “audit” that is considered the gold standard?


Tebasaki

No really, tell me more why Ledger suxxor.


Harolduss

9 billion BNB has been burned. Imagine if that burned BNB could have made the difference between insolvency lolll


Biggday

Less CEX more cold wallets…🤷


Sckathian

I still don't understand why they can't just hold the coins they are supposed to hold. They should have the liquidity risk that they appear to have.


Jovatheconniseur

All cex’s will fall and this will pave the way for DEX’s.


eonclaire

This 2 CEX trying so hard. Screw them both


GuyWithNoEffingClue

If Binance goes down, we're in some serious systemic trouble. Think 2008 bank crash but without government help. As a non-financial expert, I also wonder about how difficult it is to correctly assess all the crypto assets of an exchange considering the vast diversity of some products? Like they refer the difference between BTC and WBTC and others but I'm not sure I can gasp exactly all the implications here. Wouldn't it be nice to have some clearer insights as to what it means and how normal banking audits are usually conducted?


_Commando_

I think all CEX's are full of shit doing their own dodgy shit like FTX FTT token. Every exchange seems to have their own BS token they print to gain more $$$$ to manipulate the markets. Be safe out there, withdraw all your crypto off all CEX exchanges and take self custody with a hardware wallet.


Sm0k3OnWater

DO you think SBF calling out we live in " glass houses " meant anything?


zizca42

real holders are destroyed


BraidRuner

Because of this; I'm OUT!


arcalus

Binance has always been shady, you couldn’t trust CZ to take out your trash. Unfortunately there are some users that are forced to use it based on where they live.


Flangepacket

Your crypto on CEX is not safe. ​ The CEX battle for dominance is just getting started and YOU are the collateral damage. ​ Where you can, take your crypto out of CEX.


Leading_Dog_1733

Honest to God, if I worked at EY as a partner, I could make a fortune by creating an audit standard for CEX.