OKX founder and CEO Star says security should not be a area of business competition but a shared responsibility across crypto, warning that a major breach at any exchange can damage industry trust. He calls for joint standards, extra checks and delays on large withdrawals to unknown addresses and smart contract approvals, and coordinated incident response.
The story so far: OKX CEO calls for industry security cooperation
OKX founder Star praised Circle and Tether's handling of the suspected Binance theft and called for a shared industry security response with real-time alerts and fund freezing. He now urges exchanges to treat security as a shared responsibility, proposing joint standards, extra checks, withdrawal delays…
OKX founder Star calls for industry-wide real-time security and freezing system
OKX founder Star praised Circle and Tether's handling of the suspected Binance theft and called for exchanges and stablecoin issuers to build a shared security response mechanism. He proposed real-time alerts, information sharing and temporary freezing of suspect funds within minutes, with standardised procedures and clear roles.
OKX CEO Star urges exchanges to cooperate on security
OKX founder and CEO Star says security should not be a area of business competition but a shared responsibility across crypto, warning that a major breach at any exchange can damage industry trust. He calls for joint standards, extra checks and delays on large withdrawals to unknown addresses and smart contract approvals, and coordinated incident response.
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