Musk helped CZ debunk a rumor! He never said anything about Binance
Today, in response to a post fabricated by a certain KOL claiming that Elon Musk had criticized Binance for monopolizing the industry and holding it back, CZ directly called it out as false information.
Musk himself then replied to CZ, confirming that he had never posted it and that the content was fabricated.
This was not only the first time recently that Musk had proactively replied to CZ, but he also helped CZ debunk the rumor. This puts to rest much of the speculation that Musk and CZ/Binance are on bad terms.
Perhaps Musk’s earlier comments about the Binance hack were simply neutral reactions from an onlooker, rather than expressions of hostility.
Binance Square could take a cue from X and introduce subscriptions!
From the perspective of Square creators: This would give creators more ways to monetize. Nothing is a more genuine vote of confidence than followers paying to subscribe—putting their money where their mouth is and paying for a creator’s opinions, research, and insider information over the long term.
From the perspective of the Square ecosystem: It would build a deeper moat. At present, Square is still just one of many channels where creators cross-post and compete for reposts. Subscriptions could upgrade it from a distribution channel to a platform built on paid trust.
From a competitive perspective: Every exchange is vying for creators, traders, and trading-signal KOLs. A subscription model would make it easier to retain top creators. In the past, it didn’t matter whether a KOL shared trading signals on Binance, OKX, or Bitget. But if they also had hundreds of paid subscribers on Binance Square, they’d definitely feel differently about the platform. heyibinance yingbinance
In a 2012 speech, Musk said he wanted to go to Mars, establish a base, and colonize the planet. I bet many people in the audience thought he was a fraud.
Even today, 14 years later, it still seems pretty crazy. But humanity needs dreamers and hands-on pioneers like this.
Binance has also issued an announcement. The third-party platform SignalPlus reported a potential security issue, and Binance has proactively removed all API keys associated with SignalPlus.
It is not yet known what the situation is with this potential security issue at SignalPlus.
The cryptocurrency options and derivatives exchange SignalPlus is suspected of having been hacked. Some exchanges have emailed customers saying that API keys have been removed from user accounts associated with SignalPlus.
SignalPlus is a trading terminal that aggregates liquidity from multiple exchanges and has held trading competitions with several cryptocurrency exchanges.
It’s hard to imagine, but one day, withdrawals from crypto exchanges—especially large withdrawals—may require advance booking, just like at a bank. Hackers are forcing exchanges to take these measures.
South Korean regulators are reportedly considering raising the mandatory proportion of exchange assets held in cold wallets from 80% to around 99%. That could reduce the absolute amount of losses in the event of a hack.
For example, in the Binance incident, $6.3 billion was stolen from hot wallets—about 4.6% of Binance’s total on-chain reserves of roughly $135.8 billion. If the proportion held in cold wallets had been above 99%, the maximum loss would have been $1.358 billion.
However, increasing the proportion held in cold wallets would come at the cost of withdrawal speed and liquidity, especially for large withdrawals and withdrawals of altcoins.
The hacker who stole 120,000 BTC from Bitfinex back in the day was caught in 2023 and sentenced to five years, but got out three years early this year. Now he’s working as a white-hat hacker. I guess the sentence was based on its value in 2016, around $66 million.
Still, this is the best advertisement for a career in hacking. There’s a saying in China that any line of business carrying a sentence of less than five years is so crowded there’s no profit left in it.
After the Binance hack, Star published a total of 12 posts.
2 called out CZ and questioned whether he was lying. 3 made fun of Binance (fake interviews, an amateurish operation, and an insider). 5 touted OKX’s own security image (debunking rumors, saying it was still safe and hadn’t been hacked, and posting Chinese-English comics).
Only 2 called on the industry to share responsibility and get through the crisis. They were more conciliatory wake-up calls, neither boasting much nor mocking anyone. At one point, the community interpreted just these two posts as a sign that OKX and Binance were going to reconcile.
Sharing one of my Predict accounts. I burned over 6,000 U in fees and only traded one market, with a trading volume of about 4.77 million.
I got around 360,000 points, at a cost of $0.017 per point. Purely burning fees to earn points. Since I started farming pretty early, this account has the lowest cost; the others are all over $0.03 per point, and the most expensive points cost over $0.20 each.
The world has entered an era of asymmetric warfare, both in the physical world and the cyber world.
A drone costing a few hundred dollars takes a missile costing a few million dollars to defend against—and can also destroy fighter jets, warships, oil refineries, warehouses, and more, each worth hundreds of millions of dollars.....
The North Korean hacking incident once again confirms that AI will intensify the threat of “asymmetric warfare.” Any employee or individual can use AI to gain an almost cheat-code level of destructive power. In the age of AI, the fury of an ordinary person could be even more terrifying.
Seven years ago, when I joined Huobi, the first thing we were told in security training for new hires at the exchange was:
Any software you download onto your company-issued computer should be assumed to be a virus by default! Any software!
I was curious, so I asked, “Does that include WeChat and office software like Microsoft Office that I download onto my computer? What if I need to download them for work?”
The security colleague said, “Yes. In principle, you’re not allowed to install any software yourself on your work computer, including WeChat and office software. And in theory, these programs really could collect and leak your work data.
If you really need them for work, you can only download them from the official app store. It’s best to ask a colleague from the security team to check them before you install or download them.”
CZ is about to give a talk at the “Binance Life” book club in Oxford, UK.
This is the second “Binance Life” book club event, following the one in Hong Kong. It’s also CZ’s first in-person public appearance since Binance was hacked, so he’ll probably share lots of details about the incident.
Thanks to the “Binance Life” book club for the invitation. The events have made it all the way to Europe—I’d really love to visit Oxford. I’m setting a little goal for myself: hopefully I can fly over and attend the third “Binance Life” book club in person.
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