đ¨ BREAKING: TRUMP PARDONS CZ â âWHAT HE DID ISNâT EVEN A CRIME!â đşđ¸đĽđ°
In a move thatâs sending shockwaves through the crypto world (and panic through Washington), President Donald Trump has officially pardoned Binance founder Changpeng âCZâ Zhao â declaring the charges against him were ânot even a crime.â
Trump, speaking at a fiery press conference, said the decision came after âa lot of peopleâ vouched for CZâs innocence.
> âI donât know him, never met him,â Trump said, âbut people told me he was persecuted by the Biden Administration. They said it wasnât a crime. I listened.â
And just like that â boom â the crypto community erupted. đĽ Binance confirmed the pardon late Wednesday, calling it a âhistoric moment for fairness and innovation.â
CZâs legal team echoed the sentiment, slamming the original conviction:
> âNo fraud. No victims. No money laundering. Just a compliance issue,â said attorney Teresa Goody GuillĂŠn. âCZ was the first person in U.S. history to be jailed for this kind of technical violation.â
The original charge? A failure to maintain an effective anti-money-laundering program â a paperwork-level offense that somehow landed him behind bars for four months. Now, thanks to Trumpâs signature, that record could be wiped clean â and CZ might even return to Binanceâs helm. đ§˘đź
CZ responded humbly but firmly on X (formerly Twitter):
> âDeeply grateful for the Presidentâs trust. Weâll work harder than ever to make America the Capital of Crypto and push Web3 forward.â