Binance co-founder CZ talks going to prison and the cost of moving first in new memoir

Who is Wei Zhou, one of the most mentioned people in CZ’s book?

Binance founder Changpeng Zhao (CZ) dedicated a considerable portion of his autobiography, Freedom of Money, to talking about somebody called Wei Zhou. Indeed, Zhao is this fifth most mentioned person in the book, tied with Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF) with 23 mentions. But who is he? Zhao joined Binance from Goldman Sachs in 2018 as its first chief financial officer (CFO). The 10 Most Important People in CZ’s Life The most frequently appearing pers…

Binance co-founder CZ talks going to prison and the cost of moving first in new memoir

Few figures have shaped the modern payment and cryptocurrency industry as visibly as Changpeng Zhao, popularly known as CZ. The co-founder of Binance has long stood at the centre of crypto’s most defining moments. With the release of his memoir, Freedom of Money: A Memoir of Protecting Users, Resilience, and the Founding of Binance, he steps back into the spotlight, this time not as an operator, but as a narrator and witness to one of the fastes…

PRESS RELEASE | Changpeng Zhao (CZ) Releases ‘Freedom of Money,’ a Memoir Reflecting on the Rise of Crypto and the Story Behind Binance

Few figures have been as closely associated with the rise of the cryptocurrency industry as Binance, Co-Founder, Changpeng Zhao (CZ). In his new memoir, Freedom of Money, A Memoir of Protecting Users, Resilience, and the Founding of Binance, CZ offers a candid account of the early days of crypto, the rapid explosion of Binance, and the personal consequences of building at the centre of one of the fastest moving industries in modern finance. Avai…