> It seems very unlikely they have $3-6B lying around ready to repay customer deposits
replyFor Binance? I’d actually say very likely. They’d need to move a couple of papers around, but should be easy.
their stated plan, for what it’s worth, is that they have $6.34B of company funds set aside, most of it already in the same coins that were taken, plus the SAFU emergency fund at about $1B. around $3B of the stolen money is frozen at Tether, Circle and others, and CZ’s own post on X put the rest of the gap at about $2B.
replywithdrawals have been paused since Thursday night. binance says it will reopen them in stages from Sunday and publish proof of reserves by Monday, which is the thing that would actually answer your question.
Vouched. Not sure why this was flagged.
replyThey have much more than 6b lying around. They are a money printer .
replyIt is estimated that Binance has revenues of 20 billion and 7-8 billion in profit a year.
replyFunds have been already allocated for recovery by the CEO Richard Teng.
They don't need need money. What was stolen was some sort of "digital assets". How are they going to cover that, I have no idea, but let's not equate crypto assets with money. If someone would have stolen my bike, i wouldn't be saying "they stole $1000". They stole a bike, which could or could not be recovered, and which was or wasn't covered by insurance.
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