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The Binance CEO pointed out that the firm had processed billions in withdrawals in December 2022 when he was &#8220;socially hanging out with crypto friends&#8221; in Dubai.<\/p>\n<p>At the time,\u00a0Binance <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/binance-sees-the-largest-outflow-of-stablecoins-in-24-hours\/\">recorded<\/a> unprecedented outflows from its reserves \u2014 at the peak of the FUD, it <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/binance-ethereum-based-token-withdrawals-top-2b-in-24-hours\/\">processed<\/a> $6.6 billion in withdrawals over seven days.<\/p>\n<p>The exchange founder added that Binance implemented Ethereum (<a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/coins\/ethereum\/\">ETH<\/a>) co-founder <a href=\"http:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/people\/vitalik-buterin\">Vitalik Buterin's<\/a> suggestion for exchanges to <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/binance-publishes-btc-proof-of-reserves-to-provide-more-transparency-on-customer-funds\/\">implement<\/a> a proof-of-reserves using the zero-knowledge (ZK) approach.<\/p>\n<p>CZ further highlighted that his Chinese nationality was brought up in the article again. CZ had previously <a href=\"https:\/\/www.binance.com\/en\/blog\/from-cz\/who-is-guangying-chen-and-is-binance-a-chinese-company-2386330931319516973\">refuted<\/a> claims that his exchange was a Chinese company. Besides that, the exchange CEO has also severally stated that he is a Canadian citizen.<\/p>\n<p>He <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cz_binance\/status\/1630466326102777859?s=20\">concluded<\/a> that:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;I am deeply disappointed that Forbes continues to write baseless articles, losing their own credibility.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Binance CEO Changpeng &#8220;CZ&#8221; Zhao described Forbes&#8217; article comparing his exchange and bankrupt FTX as &#8220;another FUD&#8221; and &#8220;baseless.&#8221; In a Feb. 27 report, Forbes wrote that Binance moved $1.8 billion in stablecoin collateral to numerous hedge funds. 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