陈剑Jason|1月 30, 2026 05:11
The most noteworthy part of this announcement is that Binance will gradually convert the SAFU Fund, aka the User Asset Protection Fund, from stablecoins to Bitcoin. A $1 billion buy order is coming The SAFU Fund is an emergency insurance fund launched by Binance in 2018, primarily used to protect and compensate users' assets in extreme situations like hacking attacks. Initially, the fund was built by Binance continuously injecting 10% of trading fees until it accumulated $1 billion. This money has been sitting idle, but now it’s being activated to buy Bitcoin.
But here’s the issue: if the emergency insurance fund meant for compensating users is used to buy Bitcoin, what happens if the price drops later? Wouldn’t the fund end up with a deficit? The announcement clearly states that if the fund’s value falls below $800 million, Binance will inject more money to restore it back to $1 billion.
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