'Hvala Bogu' El Salvador nema Bitcoin na FTX-u, pojašnjava CZ

False information spreading online suggested that the president of El Salvador, Nayib Bukele, was seeking the immediate extradition of FTX CEO Sam Bankman Fried zajedno sa Alameda Research co-CEO Sam Trabucco to answer for their crimes of losing the Salvadoran people’s Bitcoin.

CEO od Binance, Changpeng “CZ” Zhao, took to his Twitter account to put these rumors to bed, sharing that “the amount of misinformation is insane” and that he “exchanged messages with President Nayib a few moments ago.” He said that President Bukele told him, “We don’t have any Bitcoin in FTX and we never had any business with them. Thank God!”

Billionaire Mike Novogratz, who spread the misinformation in an interview with CNBC in a video that has now been deleted, took to his Twitter account to offer an apology to President Bukele and the Salvadoran people, sharing, “I fell for ‘fake news’ and while I mentioned I hadn’t confirmed it, I should have.” Novogratz thanked Binance’s CZ for “pointing it out.”

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Od 2021, Salvador has reportedly purchased 2,301 Bitcoin (BTC) for about $103.9 million. The Salvadoran government has said it believes BTC is a powerful tool to attract foreign investment, create new jobs and cut reliance on the United States dollar. President Bukele previously mentioned that the primary focus of recognizing BTC was to offer banking services to more than 80% of unbanked Salvadorans.

In the wake of the fallout from FTX’s insolvency issues, počele su da kruže glasine da je centralnoamerička nacija El Salvador, koja je ušla u istoriju 2021. godine tako što je Bitcoin legalno sredstvo plaćanja, bila u nevolji jer je držala neke ili sve svoje Bitcoin fondove u FTX-u.