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Binance CEO Changpeng “CZ” Zhao on Monday said Binance will convert the remaining funds in the Industry Recovery Initiative into Bitcoin (BTC), BNB, and Ethereum (ETH) due to the collapse of crypto-friendly banks and stablecoins depeg events.
Amid the bank and stablecoin crisis, Binance CEO “CZ” took to Twitter to announce that Binance is converting the remaining $1 billion Industry Recovery Initiative funds from BUSD to native crypto, including Bitcoin, BNB, and ETH.
“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.
According to Etherscan data, the wallet linked to Bianance’s Industry Recovery Initiative has 985088975.25 BUSD worth $979,867,018.59. The difference in value is due to depeg of many stablecoins amid the collapse of crypto-friendly banks.
After the collapse of Silvergate Bank and Silicon Valley Bank, Signature Bank is closed by New York state regulators. Binance CEO stated that this seems to be a “coordinated effort to shut down crypto-friendly banks”.
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