There's also a rumor about this, claiming that Binance manipulated the market to recoup the stolen funds. This conspiracy theory only takes you further away from the truth and from making real money. If Binance were manipulating its own data to manipulate the market, its price would be the lowest. Why is it still the same price as other exchanges? The main issue is that only Coinbase among the major exchanges has a significant discount. Therefore, people now suspect that a large US institution was forced to sell its tokens. If Binance were manipulating the market on other exchanges, it would have to withdraw real money to do so. Who can guarantee they'll win if they gamble like that? This isn't the early days of reckless speculation. Exchanges that gambled themselves, like Mt. Gox, the world's largest exchange with 70% of the trading volume, claimed it was due to a hack, but in reality, it was because they gambled on short selling during the 2013 bull market, ultimately losing all their tokens and going bankrupt. Take FTX, for example. It was the world's second-largest cryptocurrency exchange, but it entered the market itself, misappropriated customer funds, went bankrupt, and its founder is currently in jail without parole. If I were Changpeng Zhao, I would comfortably collect billions of dollars in fees annually. Why would I risk gambling on the market myself?