Well we knew SBF was a criminal as soon as his claimed bankruptcy last November. But nobody would of expected CZ to actually be charged with all this.
His exchange was actually fairly honest and never scammed or defrauded individuals. This is why it was a shock to many and many are saying is was blackrock that claimed this needs to happen for the bitcoin etf to get approved. Binance just was way too big and they want the market share to separate.
He's still probably violated the AML policies so he should still be accountable. If Blackrock really is behind this and saying that it's necessary then that spells doom for us because that means that they are planning to dominate the cryptocurrency market and it does make sense that they are going to do it because they're almost getting approved for the bitcoin spot right? The least if not the best that they can do is to cripple the competition or at least slow down their growth even just a little.