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Breaking: Kraken CEO Calls Binance ‘Proof Of Reserves’ Pointless

Kraken's CEO Jesse Powell takes aim at Binance's recently launched proof-of-reserves by calling it to be pointless.
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Breaking: Kraken CEO Calls Binance ‘Proof Of Reserves’ Pointless

Kraken’s CEO Jesse Powell has lashed out at Binance, calling its proof of reserves to be pointless as it lacked “proof-of-liabilities”. Following the failure of the cryptocurrency exchange FTX, it was discovered that FTX had loaned out a sizable part of its customers’ assets as per their bankruptcy filings. As a direct result of this, prominent exchanges have been scrambling to reassure users about their proof-of-reserves and to push transparency in the market.

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Binance Reveals Proof Of Reserves

Binance was one of the first crypto exchanges to reveal their proof-of-reserves, and it wasn’t long before numerous other crypto firms followed suit. However, these earlier proof-of-reserves were nothing more than the balances of the cold wallets belonging to the exchanges.

Read More: Crypto Exchanges Rush To Provide Proof-of-Reserves Following FTX Crisis

With Binance finally launching its Merkle Tree proof-of-reserves with cryptographic evidences, the exchange tried to set a benchmark for the industry. However, Jesse Powell took to Twitter to critique Binance’s reserves by saying,

“I’m sorry but no. This is not PoR. This is either ignorance or intentional misrepresentation.”

The Kraken CEO further went on to state that the whole point of coming out transparent was to understand whether a crypto exchange had more crypto in its custody than what it owed to its clients.

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CZ Responds To Jesse

In response to Jesse’s remark, CZ noted that, it was “in crypto” that exchange owners pointed out at each other publicly and he thought them to be beneficial for a healthier crypto environment.

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Newer Tokens & Audits On The Way

While releasing its reserves to the public, Binance announced that it would initially start with its Bitcoin holdings, and will add additional tokens & networks in the coming weeks. Zhao also mentioned that the inclusion of third-party auditors was currently in the process.

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Pratik Bhuyan

Pratik has been a crypto evangelist since 2016 & been through almost all that crypto has to offer. Be it the ICO boom, bear markets of 2018, Bitcoin halving to till now - he has seen it all.

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