No one defends FTX, and in fact people are actually hating on them because a lot has just lost money from using that exchange. This is what we've been saying for years, never leave your money on exchanges and if possible, convert whatever coins you have to cash if you're not looking to trade. What happened to FTX is an example of how a seemingly stable company can crumble to nothingness just because of a few bad decisions that birthed other complications.
and that situation could happen to any exchange right now. even on Binance which is currently the largest exchange.
what is happening to FTX at this time certainly provides a lesson for all of us. for those who are still not aware of the risks of placing our money or assets on the exchange, of course, they must be prepared for the possibility that what is happening at FTX at this time will be repeated on other exchanges in the future.
I agree that it is a possibility that anyone could have it, but the solutions could be different for each of them for sure. That is why I believe that we shouldn't really be putting too much difference into it. Binance has a ton of cash in hand that is not customers, it is purely just owned by Binance, from BNB mainly to bitcoin to any other coin and even busd and other type of cash liquid stuff, even some regular fiat I am sure.
It means that if something like this ever happens to binance, they would have enough money to take the control back easily, of course if someone with 100 billion wanted to destroy them (ehem ehem.. elon ehem ehm) then they might be in trouble too.