• Binance is facing public criticism due to its shady BNB operations and a potential liquidation scare related to the Venus Protocol exploit.
• Liquidations on Venus could cause a rapid decline in the BNB price, which could have far-reaching consequences for the entire crypto sphere.
• Binance Smart Chain is the third largest DeFi ecosystem, collecting $263 million in daily fees and with a stablecoin market cap of $5.2 billion.
Venus Protocol Exploit
Binance exchange has come under public scrutiny due to a prior Binance Chain exploit involving Venus Protocol. The “exploiter” illegally minted 2 million BNB through a BNB Bridge, then deposited 900,000 of them onto Venus to borrow $150 million worth of stablecoins. With current instability in the BNB price, this loan could lead to severe repercussions beyond those seen with FTX’s collapse.
Potential Liquidations
Liquidation occurs when an exchange forcefully closes a trader’s leveraged position due to partial or total loss of their initial margin. This means traders will not have enough funds to keep their trades open if they fail to meet margin requirements or have insufficient funds available. Large liquidations would send prices tumbling as tokens are sold into the open market to save the loan, potentially creating an avalanche effect that would impact the whole crypto space.
BNB & DeFi Ecosystems
Binance Smart Chain (BSC) stands as the third largest DeFi ecosystem with over $2.8 billion locked in TVL and $5.3 billion in trading volume within 24 hours alone ($3.7 billion coming from spot markets). Furthermore, its stablecoin market cap totals at around $5.2 billion while collecting up to $263 million in daily fees from users across its platform.. Meanwhile, Binance Exchange is currently considered as one of the world’s leading cryptocurrency exchanges with wide user base and high liquidity levels..
CEO Credibility & FUD
The CEO of Binance has lost some credibility since this incident began circulating throughout mass media outlets causing further FUD that could exacerbate liquidation rates among users who use borrowed funds against token collateral on platforms like Venus Protocol . This means more investors will likely be withdrawing from their positions off platforms like these fearing for their capital safety..
Rebuilding Stability?
As such it is important for stakeholders involved (especially CZ himself) to start working together towards rebuilding stability back into markets like these otherwise we may see further cascading effects that will hurt many projects across multiple areas within blockchain technology..