Changpeng Zhao

11 statements across 2 episodes · 2 bullish · 1 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement Nov 12, 2022 by Brian Armstrong · said 19 times in 5 episodes since 2022 · across every show →

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brought up most by Chamath Palihapitiya (7), David Sacks (4), Changpeng Zhao (CZ) (2), Brian Armstrong (2), Jason Calacanis (1)

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2023 2 mentions in 1 episode
2022 7 mentions in 2 episodes 4 per episode

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Everything said about Changpeng Zhao, oldest first

Nov 12, 2022 bearish
Disclosure
Armstrong told Binance CEO CZ that acquiring FTX was a bad idea
“And I spoke to CZ about why he was considering buying the asset. I thought it was a bad idea.”
Brian Armstrong Nov 12, 2022 ▶ 23:52 E104: FTX collapse with Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong + election results, macro update & more
Feb 10, 2026 positive
Disclosure
CZ: Grateful to no longer run Binance because it affords more time
“I'm actually very grateful that I don't have to run Binance anymore and I have more time.”
Changpeng Zhao (CZ) Feb 10, 2026 ▶ 1:56:48 Binance CEO: 4 Months in Prison, $4 Billion Fine, and What Comes Next
Feb 10, 2026
Disclosure
CZ will resist issuing a crypto token for his education startup
“But I re I will for a very long time resist issue a token on Google Academy.”
Changpeng Zhao (CZ) Feb 10, 2026 ▶ 1:42:53 Binance CEO: 4 Months in Prison, $4 Billion Fine, and What Comes Next
Feb 10, 2026 neutral
Disclosure
CZ: My house is so old the living room leaks monthly
“If you look at my house, like, the living room water leaks every month or so because the house is too, so old. But that's the house that has, that's the right size for me right now.”
Changpeng Zhao (CZ) Feb 10, 2026 ▶ 54:59 Binance CEO: 4 Months in Prison, $4 Billion Fine, and What Comes Next
Feb 10, 2026
Disclosure
CZ commits to funding Giggle Academy until fully digitized education is achieved
“So my plan is to, I will fund it for as long as it needs to reach that goal of fully fully digitized delivery. Of education in a gamified, sticky way.”
Changpeng Zhao (CZ) Feb 10, 2026 ▶ 1:44:25 Binance CEO: 4 Months in Prison, $4 Billion Fine, and What Comes Next
Feb 10, 2026
Disclosure
CZ earned an online degree for a Japanese work visa
“And later on, I found out I still need a bachelor's degree to apply for work visas in Japan. So I went to one, this is like the doc, this is 2000, this is the dot com, like height. So I went to an online education program called the American College of Compute…”
Changpeng Zhao (CZ) Feb 10, 2026 ▶ 9:15 Binance CEO: 4 Months in Prison, $4 Billion Fine, and What Comes Next
Feb 10, 2026
Insight
CZ: Daily active users, not revenue or volume, is the primary North Star metric
“I think it's really daily active users. It's not trading volume. It's not revenue.”
Changpeng Zhao (CZ) Feb 10, 2026 ▶ 58:10 Binance CEO: 4 Months in Prison, $4 Billion Fine, and What Comes Next
Feb 10, 2026
Disclosure
CZ is writing a book detailing his experience in federal prison
“I have quite a lot of details about this part in my upcoming book.”
Changpeng Zhao (CZ) Feb 10, 2026 ▶ 1:32:36 Binance CEO: 4 Months in Prison, $4 Billion Fine, and What Comes Next
Feb 10, 2026
Assertion Supported
CZ says non-U.S. citizens are ineligible for minimum-security federal prisons
“I should be eligible for a minimum security prison, which is one level lower, where most of the white collar crimes go. But because I'm not a U.S. Citizen, they put me into a low, which is where all the drug laws are.”
Changpeng Zhao (CZ) Feb 10, 2026 ▶ 1:32:19 Binance CEO: 4 Months in Prison, $4 Billion Fine, and What Comes Next
Feb 10, 2026 bullish
Disclosure
CZ sold his Shanghai apartment for $900K to buy Bitcoin around $600
“I sold the apartment, and for roughly 900,000 dollars, like just under a million bucks and then started buying, and I got paid in trenches, because, you know, you get a first down payment, you gotta go paid in trenches, and every trench I get, I just buy. Well…”
Changpeng Zhao (CZ) Feb 10, 2026 ▶ 32:00 Binance CEO: 4 Months in Prison, $4 Billion Fine, and What Comes Next
Feb 10, 2026 neutral
Assertion Supported
CZ: Forbes put Changpeng Zhao on its cover 7-8 months after Binance launched
“That came in early about six, seven, seven, eight months in, Forbes put me on the cover.”
Changpeng Zhao (CZ) Feb 10, 2026 ▶ 51:55 Binance CEO: 4 Months in Prison, $4 Billion Fine, and What Comes Next
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