Mexican unicorn Bitso sets out transparency roadmap amid FTX crash


FILE PHOTO Souvenir tokens representing cryptocurrency Bitcoin and the Ethereum network with its native token ether plunge into water in this illustration taken May 17 2022. REUTERSDado RuvicIllustrationFile Photo

FILE PHOTO: Souvenir tokens representing cryptocurrency Bitcoin and the Ethereum network, with its native token ether, plunge into water in this illustration taken May 17, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican cryptocurrency exchange unicorn Bitso laid out a transparency roadmap, as pressure from users mounted following the high-profile collapse of crypto exchange FTX, a top Bitso executive told Reuters on Thursday.

In a spectacular crypto blowup, FTX filed for protection in the United States earlier this month after traders pulled $6 billion from the platform in three days and rival exchange Binance abandoned a rescue deal.

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