CZ presents his view: statistically, custody on exchanges may be safer than self-custody
On August 4, Binance founder CZ said on a social platform that, based on statistical data, storing crypto assets on centralized exchanges may be safer than self-custody.
There are several statistical issues with the data itself:
When centralized exchanges are hacked, it usually becomes major news and the scale of losses is likely to be fully recorded; whereas in self-custody scenarios, loss of private keys or local wallet theft often is not publicly disclosed, creating a clear statistical blind spot.
Exchange-side data also includes some losses caused by platform insolvency and shutdowns, further interfering with the comparability of the figures.
Binance and some top exchanges have protection funds that compensate users for losses resulting from security incidents; these losses differ from the original statistical data in the final net amounts.
In his post, CZ also emphasized that he is not claiming one custody method is absolutely better than the other; the two approaches have different risk profiles and are suited to different types of investors.
In related discussions, diversified allocation has been mentioned more often.
Every trade has someone whose view is the opposite of yours.
When you’re buying, someone else is selling to you. They’ve also done their homework, and they’re just as certain that they’re right.
Thinking this through makes people a bit more humble: you’re not trading with “the market”—you’re trading with many other people just as confident as you are.
It doesn’t matter who’s right. What matters is whether the one who’s wrong is prepared.
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Full FOMO! Goldman Funds Flow Expert: Options Trading Volume Hits a Record High as U.S. Stocks Roll Out a “Crazy Rally-Chase”
Large-scale deleveraging and the selloff in tech stocks in July have just wrapped up, and market sentiment flipped rapidly at the beginning of August. Goldman Sachs’ latest report shows that investors are quickly rebuilding risk exposure, with demand for call options surging to a historical high. The market has started to enter a “buy the rally” positive feedback loop driven by position unwinds—“the more it rises, the more you buy.” Goldman Sachs liquidity strategist Lee Coppersmith said plainly: “July completed the position reset, and now investors are scrambling to catch up with the action throughout August.” Data shows that on Tuesday, trading volume for S&P 500 index (SPX) call options surpassed 4 million contracts, setting a record for the highest-ever single-day figure. At the same time, the SPX put/call options skew recorded its largest two-day decline in nearly a decade, reflecting a sharp surge in investors’ demand for upside risk exposure.
LITE surges 10% in a single day, leading the optical communications sector
Lumentum (LITE) surged 10% during today’s intraday trading. Meanwhile, US stock index futures hit an all-time high over the same period. This company operates in optical communications and photonics. Its product lines include optical transceiver modules and laser components—key suppliers in the AI data center supply chain. Over the past year, its stock price has risen by roughly 700%. It’s worth noting the path it has taken this year. Over the past three months, LITE has once lagged behind its peers by 40%. The reason is that the market has started to worry that co-packaged optics—this new technology—could erode its product demand. Note: the worry is about “whether it will happen,” not “it already has.”
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