Binance CEO CZ criticized the banking system for repeated bank failures in the wake of the Credit Suisse merger and the recent collapse of Silicon Valley Bank. The emergency merger between Credit Suisse and UBS Group are set to wipe out the Credit Suisse’s risky additional tier 1 bonds (AT1bonds) worth a total of $17.3 billion. Although the banking crisis wiped out massive value for investors in the stock market in last few weeks, the crypto market took a bullish turn.

The Binance CEO raised doubts on how the ‘free market’ spirit requires new banks to operate in the same environment that is causing the failures. More importantly, CZ pointed that these bank failures prove to be costlier with new collapses. It may be recalled that crypto exchange Binance was subjected to difficulties earlier as hardly any US bank came forward to partner with it for the US Dollar support.

In a latest, JP Morgan said the Switzerland financial regulator Finma’s approval for writing down Credit Suisse AT1bonds could lead to widespread ripple effects. This could result in a contagion for wholesale funding costs across the sector, it said. Meanwhile, the Bitcoin price reached a new nine month high of $28,000 ahead of the crucial US Federal Reserve’s Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting.