🧠 From McDonald’s to Managing Billions: The Rise of CZ
Before Binance, Changpeng Zhao (CZ) was flipping burgers at McDonald’s in Canada.
Born in China, raised in Vancouver, he taught himself to code and built high-frequency trading systems for traditional exchanges.
In 2013, he discovered Bitcoin.
In 2014, he sold his apartment in Shanghai and went all-in on $BTC — at ~$600.
His family called him crazy.
But CZ wasn’t gambling — he was preparing to build.
He became CTO at OKCoin, then launched exchange tech at BijieTech.
By mid-2017, he founded Binance.
In just 165 days, it became the world’s top exchange by volume.
His motto?
“Keep building.”
And he did — through FUD, hacks, and regulatory pressure.
⚙️ Why $BNB Still Matters
🔸 Trading fee discounts — up to 25% using $BNB
🔸 BNB Chain — powers DeFi, GameFi, NFTs
🔸 Launchpad access — early entry into new tokens
🔸 Quarterly token burns — reducing supply over time
Few tokens are this embedded across an ecosystem — and still growing in relevance.
What CZ built isn’t just a company.
It’s infrastructure.
It’s conviction.
It’s a blueprint for thinking long-term in crypto.
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