However, Binance’s CEO noted at the time that its rivalfaced a liquidity crunch.

Binance said on Wednesday itwon’t proceedwith the deal.

Binance’s decision came after the company reviewed FTX’s books and structure.

The amount gives the impression of closer to $9.4 billion to rescue the exchange, ReutersreportedThursday.

  1. I’m sorry.

That’s the biggest thing.I fucked up, and should have done better.

Bitcoindropped to just over $16,000, the lowest the cryptocurrency has been since late 2020.

It rebounded Thursday after alighter-than-expected inflation reportand hovered below $17,000 on Friday.