CZ Denies WSJ Report That Trump Family Sought Binance Stake, Says He’s Open To Presidential Pardon
Former Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao, aka CZ, denied a report by the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) that the Trump family had sought to buy a stake in the US arm of Binance, while saying he’s open to a presidential pardon. ”Sorry to disappoint,” CZ wrote in a March 13 post on X. ”The WSJ article got the facts wrong.” The WSJ cited sources familiar with the matter as saying the Trump family had held talks with representatives of Donald Trump’s family last year to acquire a stake in Binance.US , the US business of the world’s largest crypto exchange, At the same time, it added, billionaire Binance co-founder CZ has been ”pushing for the Trump administration to grant him a pardon.” CZ Hits Back At WSJ Report CZ hit back at the WSJ in his post on X, saying its article is a politically motivated “attack on the President and crypto.” He added that the “residual forces” that were responsible for the “war o...