Binance Backs Out of Plans , To Acquire FTX. Binance Backs Out of Plans , To Acquire FTX. CNBC reports that FTX was rocked by a sell-off that gained momentum... . ... after Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao publicly announced that his company was selling its holdings in FTT, its competitor's native token. FTX CEO Samuel Bankman-Fried reportedly went to venture capitalists and other investors in addition to Binance in an attempt to remedy liquidity issues. . Zhao later revealed that the world's largest cryptocurrency firm and FTX came to a nonbinding agreement that would have helped FTX avert its crisis. But CNBC reports that one day after reaching that deal, on Nov. 9, Binance backed out. Zhao also reportedly sent a memo to employees on Nov. 9 stating that he "did not master plan" FTX's collapse
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