Binance CEO shares '2 big lessons' on crypto investment: 'Never use a...'

moneycontrol.com:

Hours after Binance announced that its plans of acquiring rival cryptocurrency exchange FTX, CEO Changpeng Zhao (or CZ as he is popularly known) shared "two big lessons" on investment.

Taking to Twitter, he wrote, "1: Never use a token you created as collateral."

A token is a virtual currency token or a denomination of a cryptocurrency which represents a tradable asset and allows the holder to use it for investment or economic purposes.

Two big lessons:

1: Never use a token you created as collateral.

2: Don’t borrow if you run a crypto business. Don't use capital "efficiently". Have a large reserve.

Binance has never used BNB for collateral, and we have never taken on debt.

Stay #SAFU.

While he did not mention FTX, the cryptocurrency exchange was facing a significant liquidity crunch which eventually led it to be possibly acquired by Binance.

Clarifying the stand, CZ added, "Binance has never used BNB for collateral, and we have never taken on debt."

BNB or Binance coin is the cryptocurrency issued by Binance exchange and it trades with the BNB symbol.

Read more: Binance to acquire FTX: A timeline of events in the crypto deal

CZ's advice resonated with several Twitter users. Some of them added to the list while other's adapted it to suit their investment needs.

- Even if it’s a gift, “don’t accept it”chances are it’s too good to be true (Learnt this hard recently)

3. Never use your clients deposits for anything else than keeping the reserve full

rule #1: don’t do very obviously stupid shit with customer money

Founded by SBF three years ago, FTX had become one of the biggest cryptocurrency exchanges in the world. Its revenue soared more than 1,000 per cent in 2021 to $1.02 billion from $89 million in the previous year, a CNBC report