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by web3isgoing 1301 days ago
One failure of FTX and BlockFi is that users had no way to ensure that the centralized custodian was not running off with their on-chain deposits by directing them into unsound deposits. Vitalik is suggesting a cryptographic mechanism here that would provide better transparency as to on-chain activity of a CEX.

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