Tag Archives: Changpeng Zhao (CZ Binance)

Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao (CZ) has been issued a summons by the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia following a lawsuit against himself and his exchange on Monday.  The CEO must respond to the summons within 21 days, but is not required to appear in person.  Other entities named in the lawsuit, including Binance and Binance US, must also answer the summons.  “If you fail to respond, judgment by default will be entered against you for the relief demanded in the...

Following increased regulatory action from the SEC and other local and global watchdogs, members of the crypto community have been worrying about the industry’s future relationship with the banking sector. Pivot to Europe in The Cards The restlessness surrounding future crypto regulation was amplified following the collapse of both Signature Bank and Silvergate Bank, both of which supplied much of the infrastructure needed to keep the crypto world tethered to the banking...

Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao (CZ) published a tweet on Wednesday noting that China Central Television (CCTV) recently put out a broadcast related to digital assets.  The executive claimed that similar coverage has served as a catalyst for crypto bull runs in the past.  CZ provided a link to the broadcast which aired on May 23, and included a 98-second segment about Hong Kong regulators “Implementing a mandatory licensing system for virtual asset trading platforms,” beginning...

PEPE is the latest memecoin to hit the market with full force. The cryptocurrency is up over 300% in the past seven days, but its increase is tremendously higher since the time it was launched barely two weeks ago. Following listings on a couple of major exchanges, the community is now speculating whether Binance will be the next to enable trading for PEPE on its platform. PEPE Listed on Centralized Exchanges For those of you who may have, for whatever reasons, missed it –...

Tron founder and crypto entrepreneur Justin Sun transferred 56.1 million True USD (TUSD) worth over $56.4 million to crypto exchange Binance on Monday morning, sparking rumors about his intention to farm the just-released Sui (SUI) tokens on the Binance LaunchPool. Shortly after Whale Alert flagged the transaction, Binance’s CEO Changpeng Zhao (CZ) disclosed that the exchange’s team had warned Sun to refrain from using any part of the TUSD deposit to grab the SUI rewards on...

Binance CEO, Changpeng “CZ” Zhao is rich; well, mega-rich. But he’s just not as rich as Bloomberg thinks, at least, he said so. But even though he is one of the richest men in the world, he is far from reaching the wealth of other tech industry billionaires, contrary to Bloomberg’s inaccurate assertions. On April 27, the CEO of Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, stated that his fortune is nowhere near the $28.2 billion claimed by Bloomberg in its report on...

The world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange – Binance – aims to begin operating on the Japanese market after June this year.  This will mark the company’s return to the Land of the Rising Sun after leaving in 2018 due to regulatory issues.  Sakura Exchange BitCoin (SEBC) announced that Binance Japan will start providing services and products to local customers after June 2023.  The crypto giant acquired SEBC in November last year for an undisclosed sum to strengthen its...

SkyBridge Capital founder Anthony Scaramucci spoke at Consensus 2023 on Thursday about the state of affairs at FTX in the weeks and days before its collapse. The former rejected the notion that Changpeng Zhao (CZ) – CEO of Binance – was responsible for the exchange’s failure, pinning the blame solely on former FTX boss Sam Banknman-Fried.  How SkyBridge Fairs After FTX Scaramucci began by clarifying that his relationship with FTX has not harmed his company to such a great...

Patrick Hilmann, the Chief Strategy Officer (CSO) of leading crypto exchange Binance, alleged that Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF), the founder and former CEO of the now-defunct rival exchange FTX, consistently criticized Binance’s CEO Changpeng Zhao (CZ) before FTX’s collapse, a behavior Hilmann referred to as “shading.” In a recent tweet, the CSO disclosed that SBF was fond of spreading fake rumors about CZ and often called him an “evil Chinese.” SBF Constantly Shaded CZ A great...

Binance notified about an issue affecting its Future users as only USD-Margined contracts were impacted. Nevertheless, the largest crypto exchange quickly outlined that the issue had been solved, and all operations are back to normal. Binance Futures announced fully resuming trading activity for USD-Margined contracts just minutes after the issue. According to Binance CEO CZ, the crypto exchange is seeing several issues with Futures UM Rest service/API, which have affected...