Binance founder Changpeng Zhao is also pushing for a White House pardon, the Journal reported.
Crypto billionaires saw huge wealth gains in 2024 as the market rocketed to new heights.
The price of bitcoin has risen over $80,000 for the first time following the president-elect's win over Kamala Harris last week.
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2024-11-07T18:11:39Z
Binance founder Changpeng Zhao, known as "CZ," said he wasn't initially recognized in prison — but word of his crypto empire soon spread.
Binance founder Changpeng Zhao and Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong became a whole lot wealthier on the back of Donald Trump's election win.
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2024-05-28T09:47:01Z
Crypto.com is everywhere: the Lakers arena, Formula 1, UFC fights, commercials with Matt Damon and Eminem. But no one actually knows much about it.
"Bitcoin Jesus" was arrested in Spain this week on charges including mail fraud and tax evasion.
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2024-04-30T21:45:03Z
Binance founder Changpeng Zhao has been sentenced to 4 months in prison after pleading guilty to anti-money laundering charges in November.
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2024-04-30T19:14:22Z
Ex-Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao has been sentenced to four months in prison after being charged for violating US anti-money laundering rules.
Binance founder Changpeng Zhao has a $43 billion fortune, Bloomberg estimated, nearly double Sam Bankman-Fried's estimated fortune in FTX's heyday.
Nadeem Anjarwalla escaped police custody after being taken to pray at a mosque by guards, Bloomberg reported.
"We're just getting started," Teng said, emphasizing Bitcoin's continued value momentum "with supply reducing and demand continuing to come through."
Pig-butchering scams involve sending a wrong-number text and then building trust with a victim, who is lured into making fake crypto investments.
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2023-12-11T23:27:53Z
The wave of layoffs hitting tech companies and beyond shows no signs of slowing. Toy and game maker Hasbro is cutting around 20% of its workforce.
Both Cristiano Ronaldo and Binance made "deceptive statements," plaintiffs claimed in a court filing. They're seeking damages of more than $1 billion.
"Gold, silver, bitcoin really all should do well if the Fed is finished hiking rates and starting to cut."
CFTC Commissioner says there are "no pirate ships" in US markets.
"Can barely buy an AK-47 with 600 bucks," a Binance compliance staffer told his boss in 2019, per regulators.
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2023-11-21T19:58:54Z
Changpeng Zhao posted on X just two days ago: "Knowing when to let go control of a company you founded is one of the trickiest decisions."
Binance will pay a $4.3 billion fine and Changpeng Zhao will step down from his role leading the world's largest crypto exchange, the WSJ reported.