Amid Crypto Contagion following the FTX collapse, two of the world's largest crypto exchanges, Binance and Crypto.com released "Proof of Reserves (PoR)" reports. Both worked with Mazars Group, a global accounting firm. However, according to Mazars, these haven't been audit reports; they did not express an opinion or an assurance conclusion. While the PoR reports may be a good first step toward more transparency in the crypto sector, but for now, they are more of a sort of placebo to calm users.
That's at least strange! The leading but highly disputed crypto exchange Binance will make a $200 million investment in Forbes, the media company announces, as it prepares to go public via a SPAC. This transaction is reminiscent of the New Economy in 2000 when the Internet company AOL acquired the Time Warner media group. It was a sign to many that the old economy was being taken over by the Internet and tech companies. Now crypto is taking on the world!