6 months ago, my savings went down because of the FTX debacle. I've never used FTX, I've never been a customer of this company, but my savings are in BTC, and because of that failure, BTC's value went down, and so went my savings.
Today, bis repetita. I've never used Binance. I've never been a customer of this company, but because the SEC sues Binance, BTC is down, and so are my savings, so I have a message to all bitcoiners out there.
Exchanges and BTC are 2 different things. One exchange going down doesn't mean BTC must follow.
Binance will disappear? I don't give a damn.
This is because you don't know the economics around Bitcoin itself, the coin can't stand in isolation, particularly when it has been inculcated into the mainstream of the financial market.
Also, have you thought of the impact of exchanges on crypto and how it makes it relevant today? One thing with people is that they always think that decentralization could do it alone, but they are wrong. I don't care if anyone agrees, Bitcoin got the prominence it has today due to exchanges, and that was why the first holders strived to get it listed because they know the importance.
Bitcoin can't flourish and be relevant this much without demand and supply and this couldn't be known except it is listed, thankfully, it was listed by the exchanges. Also, exchanges make the payment, trading and investment of bitcoin to be easy and even built and help build a business around it.
So, I wonder why it is strange to you that Binance which is the largest exchange in the world will ever have effects on all cryptocurrencies, not only Bitcoin.