Zhao Changpeng CZ: I have not interacted with WLFI in exchange for amnesty! I have only met Eric Trump once.

Binance founder Zhao Changpeng CZ stated today in an interview with Fox News that rumors about him exchanging special trading relationships for a Trump pardon are purely false, and he has no business relationship with WLFI. (Background: The White House clarified CZ’s pardon: rigorous review with no external interference, President Trump decided to “end Biden’s crypto war.”) (Additional context: U.S. lawmakers questioned whether “Zhao Changpeng provided benefits to Trump in exchange for a pardon,” which CZ denied: “You are mistaken about the facts!”)

On October 23, 2025, U.S. President Trump signed a pardon order lifting the conviction of Binance founder Zhao Changpeng (CZ) for violating anti-money laundering laws, shocking Washington D.C. and Silicon Valley. CZ, in an interview today (8th) with Fox News, said he had met Trump’s son Eric Trump once at a Bitcoin conference in Abu Dhabi.

Furthermore, CZ denied the outside reports claiming he “exchanged with WLFI for a pardon.” CZ stated: “This claim is completely false. I have no dealings with WLFI, and we have never discussed or negotiated anything. I have no business relationship with WLFI.”

Contradiction over $2 billion in fund flow and “I don’t know him” Previously, The Wall Street Journal reported that Abu Dhabi fund MGX injected $2 billion into WLFI’s stablecoin USD1 via Binance from March to May this year, related to Trump’s son, causing the project’s market value to surge and bringing substantial profits to the Trump family. Soon after, Zhao Changpeng applied for a pardon, which some questioned as “money exchanging for freedom.”

U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren previously condemned this as “naked corruption of money for power,” which CZ also denied. Trump, after pardoning CZ, stated in an interview: “I don’t know him (Zhao Changpeng), I’ve never met him, but we are both being persecuted by the judiciary.”

Read more: Trump clarifies he does not know Binance’s CZ: “I’ve never met Zhao Changpeng, and we are both victims of judicial persecution.” Trump also said the pardon was based on “advice from many good people.” Binance and CZ deny any exchange conditions, and Zhao Changpeng claims his offenses were merely technical violations. This has been part of CZ’s long-standing stance that some media outlets are deliberately attacking him.

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