Changpeng Zhao
The president granted a full pardon to Changpeng Zhao, reversing one of the most high-profile crypto convictions in US history.
Three founders confirmed that Binance asked for some token supply in exchange for a listing
The Fed’s rate cut set off a risk rotation, with BNB and HYPE leading majors with strong momentum
Plus, CZ is busy plotting his future
The US government is looking to seriously inhibit people from using and accessing crypto mixing services
They both may be in prison for an overlapping 120 days, but the similarities stop there
The sentencing closes the book on the DOJ’s settlement with Binance and its former CEO
There’s some truth to the EIGEN concerns popping up on Crypto Twitter
The government says Zhao “willfully” and strategically put US national security at risk in order to “line his pockets”
The US filed to modify the ex-Binance CEO’s bail to require notification of travel plans
The correlation between Zhao’s “gm” and bitcoin’s price has been so strong that it was possible to base a dollar-cost averaging strategy around the former Binance CEO’s Twitter timeline
The SEC, in an early December filing, argued that the DOJ’s settlement with Binance and Changpeng Zhao showed the two “deliberately” violated US law
Binance filed a motion to dismiss the SEC’s case back in September, but the SEC says that the recent DOJ plea deals show that the company tried to skirt US law
Changpeng Zhao may be using his time in the US to meet with founders, according to posts on X
In a call with reporters Monday, division chief Jim Lee said that crypto-related tax evasion cases are mounting
Crypto as an “industry” could probably do without quite as many cults of personality