Cathie Wood just went on record: Binance did NOT cause the October 10th flash crash. So who did?
This wasn't a throwaway comment.
This was a deliberate, on-record statement from one of the most connected names in institutional crypto.
"We know it was not Binance."
When Cathie Wood says we know that implies access to information most retail traders simply don't have.
So let's ask the question everyone should be asking right now.
If it wasn't Binance
Then what actually happened on October 10th?
A software glitch doesn't just materialize out of thin air.
Code breaks for a reason.
Flash crashes of that magnitude leave fingerprints in order books, in liquidation data, in the millisecond timestamps of cascading trades.
Someone knows exactly what triggered it.
And the fact that Cathie Wood felt the need to publicly clear Binance's name suggests the narrative was already spreading in the wrong direction.
That's how misinformation moves markets.
A rumor starts. Blame gets assigned. Panic follows.
By the time the correction comes the damage is done and the positions have been flipped.
This statement matters beyond Binance.
It's a reminder that in crypto, the story that spreads first often becomes the truth regardless of what actually happened.
The flash crash still has no official culprit.
The glitch still has no public explanation.
And the market moved billions on a narrative that was apparently wrong.
In crypto, the most dangerous weapon isn't volatility. It's misinformation.
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