On July 27, 2023, attorneys representing Binance and its CEO, Changpeng Zhao filed a motion to dismiss the lawsuit filed both parties by the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). The attorneys claimed that the lawsuit is CFTC's attempt to extend its regulatory authority beyond the United States and exert ...
Binance.US CEO and primary shareholder, Changpeng Zhao, is reportedly exploring options to reduce his stake in the company amid ongoing legal challenges. According to sources familiar with the matter, Zhao has been attempting to sell a portion of his controlling stake since the second quarter of 2022. Some of the ...
Changpeng Zhao, CEO of cryptocurrency exchange Binance, has disputed recent media reports about his net worth. Bloomberg's The New Finance Rich List had estimated his net worth at $28.2 billion, placing him among the world's wealthiest billionaires. However, Zhao dismissed these figures as incorrect and tweeted that his net worth ...
Binance's Chief Strategy Officer, Patrick Hillman, has accused Samuel Bankman-Fried (SBF) of spreading false and discriminatory rumours about Binance's CEO, Changpeng Zhao (CZ), prior to the collapse of Bankman-Fried's cryptocurrency exchange, FTX. Hillman alleged that Bankman-Fried relied on portraying Zhao as an "evil Chinese" to carry out his scheme successfully, ...
