Trump Pardons Binance Founder CZ Amid Crypto Ties and Ethics Backlash

Tekedia | 26-10-2025 01:15am |

U.S. President Donald Trump issued a full and unconditional pardon to Changpeng Zhao—widely known as “CZ”—the billionaire co-founder and former CEO of Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume. Zhao had pleaded guilty in November 2023 to violating the Bank Secrecy Act by failing to implement adequate anti-money laundering (AML) safeguards at Binance,

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