Thibault Schrepel on Merger Review of FTX-Binance

BusinessCloud – ICLE Academic Affiliate Thibault Schrepel was quoted by BusinessCloud in a story about potential merger review of the proposed Binance-FTX deal. You can read full piece (behind a subscriber firewall) here.

Concerns were raised on Twitter over whether the deal would violate antitrust laws. “Next time, check the compliance of your tweet with antitrust laws before you post,” said Thibault Schrepel, an Amsterdam University academic specialising in blockchain and antitrust issues.

“At this stage, I wouldn’t be surprised to find this tweet in a forthcoming court document/antitrust litigation.”