Binance, CZ settlement with US DOJ 'bullish for Bitcoin ETF,' crypto community says
Many on Twitter compared the Binance settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice to the deal with BitMEX crypto exchange, whose then-CEO was also forced to step down. The crypto community on social media has greeted the news of the deal between Binance, CZ and the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) mostly positively, hoping it removes one of the last remaining obstacles before the long-awaited approval of a spot Bitcoin ETF. The $4.3 billion settlement between the U.S. and the world’s largest crypto exchange, Binance, for violating U.S. anti-money laundering laws includes a plea deal whereby the former CEO Changpeng “CZ” Zhao, has agreed to step down as the CEO of the exchange. The news of the deal and CEO's departure led to a market correction that saw some $175 million worth of leveraged crypto positions liquidated, while close to $1 billion in crypto assets flowed out of the crypto exchange. Over 1 billion dollars of outflows out of @Binance in the last 24 hours pic....