At least two news sites reported that Binance had bought the dip and snapped up around 101,266 Bitcoin, citing movements to a Binance cold wallet.
“Another wrong article,” Zhao tweeted on Monday. “When Binance cold wallet increases, it means more users deposited to Binance.”
On Monday morning Asia time, Bitcoin’s price recovered above US$20,000 after falling to as low as US$17,708 on Sunday, according to data from CoinMarketCap.
Withdrawals on the Binance Bitcoin network were paused last week as Zhao said a stuck transaction caused a backlog, but the exchange resolved the issue within a few hours.