FORMER BINANCE CEO CHANGPENG ZHAO FACES 18 MONTHS IN PRISON

Last updated: June 16, 2025, 00:42  |  Written by: Vitalik Buterin

Former Binance Ceo Changpeng Zhao Faces 18 Months In Prison
Former Binance Ceo Changpeng Zhao Faces 18 Months In Prison

Changpeng Zhao

Former Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao sentenced to 4

Changpeng Zhao (Chinese: 赵长鹏;pinyin: Zhào Chángpéng), commonly known as CZ, is a Chinese-born Canadian businessman. Zhao is the co-founder and former CEO ofBinance. He resigned as the CEO in November 2025 after pleading guilty to a money laundering charge in the United States and was sentenced to four months in prison in April 2025 and completed his sentence

Changpeng Zhao resigned from Binance in November and pleaded guilty to violating US money laundering laws. Binance was ordered to pay $4.3bn (£3.4bn) after a US

Changpeng Zhao

Changpeng Zhao, the former chief executive of Binance, was sentenced on Tuesday to four months in prison after pleading guilty to violating U.S. laws against money

Former Binance CEO Changpeng “CZ” Zhao now faces the genuine possibility of spending three years in U.S. federal prison – well above the possible 18 months

A federal court has rescheduled the criminal sentencing hearing for former Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao to April 30. Zhao had previously pleaded guilty to failing to

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Changpeng Zhao - Wikipedia

Zhao, the founder of Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, faces sentencing Tuesday, Ap, in Seattle, where U.S. prosecutors are asking a

Binance crypto boss Changpeng Zhao sentenced to 4 months in

Binance crypto founder Zhao sentenced to four months in prison

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Binance founder Changpeng Zhao sentenced to 4 months for

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