‘People have lost their mind’: Binance CEO on NFT craze
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Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao is not a big fan of non-fungible-tokens (NFTs). He thinks that NFT craze is ‘bonkers’ and “people have lost their mind”. NFT is anything starting from your art, drawing, music, GIF, etc or even a selfie can be turned into an NFT. Any digital file can be turned into an NFT on blockchain distributed database. It is a certificate of authenticity for artwork, music, videos, and even tweets.In a recent interview with Fortune, Zhao said whatever your opinion of NFTs, they cannot be ignored. They “allow artists to monetize their work globally again…and reach a much wider audience.” He adds, “Some guy in Singapore can pay $69 million for your art.” Earlier last month, Zhao said that the exchange is freezing the accounts of Russians targeted by international sanctions. “Binance follows sanctions rules very strictly. Whoever is on the sanctions list, they won’t be able to use our platform, for whoever is not, they can,” Zhao said in an interview. “Expanding restrictions beyond the list of sanctioned individuals would be “unethical for us to do,” he added. In other news, Binance is recruiting over 100 positions in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and is helping to shape Dubai’s new virtual assets’ regulations, its regional head said. Binance’s links with the Gulf state have deepened in recent months as the UAE tries to style itself as the world’s new digital assets hub and develops regulation.]