The FTX scam was an intel op run by the bankers.
This is their move to regulate the exchanges because they identified those as the weak point. They want the private coins like Monero, Pirate Chain gone so they can monitor all the transactions via the exchanges. Eventually they want a CBDC, or multiple CBDC's which they need to have control of the exchanges to ensure these central banker coins are the only ones allowed in the distant future.