{"id":512641,"date":"2022-12-16T09:15:34","date_gmt":"2022-12-16T14:15:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uniquehot.com\/?p=512641"},"modified":"2024-06-11T08:08:07","modified_gmt":"2024-06-11T08:08:07","slug":"bitcoin-below-17000-mazars-binance-pause","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uniquehot.com\/news\/bitcoin-below-17000-mazars-binance-pause\/","title":{"rendered":"Bitcoin Plummets Below $17,000 After Audit Firm Mazars Pauses Work For Binance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Bitcoin price has once again fallen below the $17,000 mark after it became known that the auditing firm Mazars will pause its work with Binance. Already in the last few days, <a href=\"https:\/\/uniquehot.com\/news\/fud-intensifies-can-binance-survive-or-is-this-the-end\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener \">rumors and FUD<\/a> about Binance intensified.<\/p>\n<p>As NewsBTC reported, investors are worried that Binance is not keeping enough reserves on hand for all their client funds. The impetus for the outcry was a proof-of-reserves conducted by Mazars that raised numerous new questions instead of answering the old ones.<\/p>\n<p>Remarkably, the auditing firm worked not only with Binance but also with other cryptocurrency exchanges such as Crypto.com and KuCoin to attest to proof-of-reserves.<\/p>\n<div class=\"related-reading-shortcode\">Related Reading: <a href=\"https:\/\/uniquehot.com\/analysis\/btc\/bitcoin-price-prediction-btc-16k\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener \">Bitcoin Price Prediction: Why BTC Could Still Tumble Below $16K<\/a><\/div>\n<p>An <a href=\"https:\/\/finance.yahoo.com\/news\/auditing-firm-mazars-pauses-binance-112511798.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">email<\/a> to Binance now indicates that Mazars is pausing all work for crypto clients. &#8220;Unfortunately, this means that we will not be able to work with Mazars for the moment,&#8221; a Binance spokesperson said.<\/p>\n<h2>Binance Rumors Are Dragging Down Market Sentiment<\/h2>\n<p>The crypto market is not settling down after the collapse of FTX. Rumors of insufficient backing of client funds by Binance, Tether (USDT), and Digital Currency Group&#8217;s troubles as a result of Genesis Trading&#8217;s liquidity problems hang over the crypto market like a sword of Damocles.<\/p>\n<p>Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao had tried to mitigate the turmoil several times in recent days. Thus, he took questions from the community in an AMA and appeared in an interview on CNBC.<\/p>\n<div class=\"related-reading-shortcode\">Related Reading: <a href=\"https:\/\/uniquehot.com\/news\/bitcoin\/bitcoin-miner-capitulation-is-exaggerated\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener \">Bitcoin Miner Capitulation Is An Exaggerated Fear, Analyst Claims<\/a><\/div>\n<p>When asked if Binance would be able to pay out $2.1 billion if that amount was due. CZ said, &#8220;We are financially okay. We are financially strong.&#8221; The Binance CEO was also asked why the company has not yet disclosed its liabilities and whether the exchange plans to do so. CZ said:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>We are working with the audit firms to audit the financial liabilities. [..] Audits don&#8217;t reveal any problem.<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>CNBC anchors interrupted CZ and made the claim that an audit by one of the Big Four could put all the rumors to rest. &#8220;When you say that some of them don&#8217;t want to work with you, that raises questions! They don&#8217;t want to work with you because you don&#8217;t have the documentation and data that would make them feel comfortable&#8221;, they said.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">CZ, for his part, refuted this statement and claimed that<\/span> &#8220;actually many of them do not know how to audit crypto exchanges.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Binance CEO CZ on CNBC:<\/p>\n<p>Many big four firms do not know how to audit crypto exchanges. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/r3C15cMwbK\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/r3C15cMwbK<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; unusual_whales (@unusual_whales) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/unusual_whales\/status\/20069376?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">December 15, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Bitcoin Price Plunges Below $17,000<\/h2>\n<p>The interview has in no way helped to calm the crypto market, especially since CZ was also unable to provide a satisfactory response via Twitter in the aftermath. CZ only retweeted the following and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cz_binance\/status\/36137987\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">stated<\/a> in his newest tweet that &#8220;Blockchains are public, permanent records. It&#8217;s the most auditable ledger.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The pausing of the collaboration with Mazars also puts the interview in a bad light. Mazars has not yet communicated why it has paused cooperation with Binance and the other crypto exchanges, other than that the term &#8220;audit&#8221; would be used falsely.<\/p>\n<p>Bitcoin investors have taken the interview overwhelmingly bearish. Within the last six hours, the Bitcoin price has lost around $500 and was at $17,004 at press time.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_512654\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-512654\" style=\"width: 2958px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-512654 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/uniquehot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/BTCUSD_2022-12-16_14-06-01.png?resize=2958%2C1605\" alt=\"Bitcoin BTC USD 2022-12-16\" width=\"2958\" height=\"1605\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uniquehot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/BTCUSD_2022-12-16_14-06-01.png?w=2958 2958w, https:\/\/uniquehot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/BTCUSD_2022-12-16_14-06-01.png?w=460 460w, https:\/\/uniquehot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/BTCUSD_2022-12-16_14-06-01.png?w=768 768w, https:\/\/uniquehot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/BTCUSD_2022-12-16_14-06-01.png?w=860 860w, https:\/\/uniquehot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/BTCUSD_2022-12-16_14-06-01.png?w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/uniquehot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/BTCUSD_2022-12-16_14-06-01.png?w=2048 2048w, https:\/\/uniquehot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/BTCUSD_2022-12-16_14-06-01.png?w=750 750w, https:\/\/uniquehot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/BTCUSD_2022-12-16_14-06-01.png?w=1140 1140w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-512654\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bitcoin price, 1-hour chart. Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tradingview.com\/chart\/uD28avrX\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">TradingView<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Bitcoin price has once again fallen below the $17,000 mark after it became known that the auditing firm Mazars will pause its work with Binance. Already in the last few days, rumors and FUD about Binance intensified. As NewsBTC reported, investors are worried that Binance is not keeping enough reserves on hand for all their client funds. The impetus for the outcry was a proof-of-reserves conducted by Mazars that raised numerous new questions instead of answering the old ones. Remarkably, the auditing firm worked not only with Binance but also with other cryptocurrency exchanges such as Crypto.com and KuCoin to attest to proof-of-reserves. Related Reading: Bitcoin Price Prediction: Why BTC Could Still Tumble Below $16K An email to Binance now indicates that Mazars is pausing all work for crypto clients. &#8220;Unfortunately, this means that we will not be able to work with Mazars for the moment,&#8221; a Binance spokesperson said. Binance Rumors Are Dragging Down Market Sentiment The crypto market is not settling down after the collapse of FTX. Rumors of insufficient backing of client funds by Binance, Tether (USDT), and Digital Currency Group&#8217;s troubles as a result of Genesis Trading&#8217;s liquidity problems hang over the crypto market like a sword of Damocles. Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao had tried to mitigate the turmoil several times in recent days. Thus, he took questions from the community in an AMA and appeared in an interview on CNBC. Related Reading: Bitcoin Miner Capitulation Is An Exaggerated Fear, Analyst Claims When asked if Binance would be able to pay out $2.1 billion if that amount was due. CZ said, &#8220;We are financially okay. We are financially strong.&#8221; The Binance CEO was also asked why the company has not yet disclosed its liabilities and whether the exchange plans to do so. CZ said: We are working with the audit firms to audit the financial liabilities. [..] Audits don&#8217;t reveal any problem. CNBC anchors interrupted CZ and made the claim that an audit by one of the Big Four could put all the rumors to rest. &#8220;When you say that some of them don&#8217;t want to work with you, that raises questions! They don&#8217;t want to work with you because you don&#8217;t have the documentation and data that would make them feel comfortable&#8221;, they said. CZ, for his part, refuted this statement and claimed that &#8220;actually many of them do not know how to audit crypto exchanges.&#8221; Binance CEO CZ on CNBC: Many big four firms do not know how to audit crypto exchanges. pic.twitter.com\/r3C15cMwbK &mdash; unusual_whales (@unusual_whales) December 15, 2022 Bitcoin Price Plunges Below $17,000 The interview has in no way helped to calm the crypto market, especially since CZ was also unable to provide a satisfactory response via Twitter in the aftermath. CZ only retweeted the following and stated in his newest tweet that &#8220;Blockchains are public, permanent records. It&#8217;s the most auditable ledger.&#8221; The pausing of the collaboration with Mazars also puts the interview in a bad light. Mazars has not yet communicated why it has paused cooperation with Binance and the other crypto exchanges, other than that the term &#8220;audit&#8221; would be used falsely. Bitcoin investors have taken the interview overwhelmingly bearish. Within the last six hours, the Bitcoin price has lost around $500 and was at $17,004 at press time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":571,"featured_media":512655,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[10768,428,11427,1119,1368,87630],"class_list":["post-512641","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-binance","tag-bitcoin","tag-bnb","tag-btc","tag-cnbc","tag-mazars"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n<title>Bitcoin Plummets Below $17,000 After Audit Firm Mazars Pauses Work For Binance<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Bitcoin price has once again fallen below the $17,000 mark after it became known that the auditing firm Mazars will pause its work with Binance.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, 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