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Binance CEO takes heat at Abu Dhabi event after FTX fall 

Changpeng Zhao maintained that crypto is the future, despite cryptocurrency exchange FTX filing for bankruptcy last week.
Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao sits on the main stage at Abu Dhabi Finance Week (ADFW) in an interview with Mike Novogratz, the CEO of Galaxy Digital Holdings.

ABU DHABI — Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao stood in support of crypto, reassuring a packed hall on Wednesday at Abu Dhabi Finance Week (ADFW) that crypto is the future. 

Yet not everyone attending the second day of the Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM) event was buying it. A speaker at the event tweeted about his distrust of Zhao shortly after. 

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