(Reuters) – FTX Chief Executive Sam Bankman-Fried told investors on Wednesday that the cryptocurrency exchange needs an emergency funding to cover a shortfall of up to $8 billion due to withdrawal requests received in recent days, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing people familiar with the matter.

FTX did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment.

(Reporting by Aishwarya Nair in Bengaluru; Editing by Maju Samuel)