
Despite the token’s historical association with FTX’s financial difficulties, the surge indicates significant institutional interest.

Historical association with FTX’s financial difficulties
Amid market uncertainty surrounding Changpeng “CZ” Zhao’s departure as CEO of Binance, the native FTX Token (FTT) of defunct crypto exchange FTX experienced a brief bull run. FTT has increased in value over the last 48 hours, trading at $4.63 at the time of writing, a 28% increase from $3.56.
According to on-chain analysis firm Santiment, the ten largest wallets accumulated $12.8 million in tokens in 19 days following Binance’s $4.3 billion settlement with the US Department of Justice.
According to Santiment, FTT has grown 337% on a monthly basis, with a significant portion of this growth occurring in the last 10 days, resulting in a 255% increase in FTT’s market value compared to Bitcoin BTC$37,646.

Source: Santiment (@santimentfeed)
The recent strategy of FTX of liquidating assets and transferring substantial funds across multiple exchanges has heightened activity in the cryptocurrency market. FTX and its affiliate, Alameda Research, asset transfers totaling $474 million on November 21-22, which could depreciate the FTT price.

