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The Chinese slam scapegoating is used by Changpeng Zhao, who says the traders must take advantage of their risk as Bitcoin, Ethereum and $BNB prices are all down on the market.
Summary
- Changpeng Zhao says critics “make stuff up” about Binance and must “take responsibility” for their own trades.
- He argues compliance flags and police cases, not social media outrage, decide when funds are frozen or released.
- Community voices frame the backlash as noise while
$BTC
,
$ETH
and
$BNB
trade lower, testing sentiment around Binance’s ecosystem.
The cofounder of Binance plays scapegoat as the founder of his is known for being a “Binance”. Changpeng “CZ” Zhao responded to critics on X, saying users and the media have been forced out of their trade responsibility for what they call “the use” of this term.
Not saying we are perfect, but at this point, smart people actually triple check any negative “news” on Binance.
They are just making stuff up.
The use of > words such as “blame” is meant to only attract people who are not willing to take responsibility for their own actions. pic . Twitter (company) @phraser. The phraser is com/iP2ovRrRiK.
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CZ’s message: stop blaming Binance
Rather than say we are perfect, but at this stage smart people actually triple check any bad ‘news’ on Binance. X CZ wrote, “It’s just making stuff up,” adding that “words like ‘blame’ are designed to appeal only to people who don’t want to be responsible for their own actions. In crypto a familiar reflex is challenged in the most popular way of crypto; when prices fall, blame the exchange for this post which was seen over 36,000 times in hours.
In replies he doubled down in s. To a user who complains that Tether’s Paolo Ardono should “unfreeze my wallet” CZ replied, ‘I have no idea about your case with USDT of course… I think you had money somehow related to – or it was marked (hopefully incorrectly) by some AML tool. Let’s just give it a little time, and that should be resolved properly. The subtext is ruthless enforcement flags and compliance tools not Twitter outrage decide when funds move.
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Community reaction: consolidation under pressure
The storm was viewed by supporters as a stress test for the Binance ecosystem, which can be absorbed into support. “Nothing is perfect anyway” for , he said. A target for frustration is a target of frugar. paraphrasing, they choose the number 1. A must-have ‘quadruple check’ negative comments are a prerequisite,’ wrote user @Spigg1115. But another $BNB community account said ‘If everyone spent their time building the strongest, higher-quality crypto world that can reach all 8 billion people on Earth today, it would be better to do what we have done with this whole universe. But they are just wasting the time and energy of for nothing.” ” One trader put it bluntly “Red candles bring creative headlines. ” , ‘I’m sure it is worth reading.
Price tape: reality check in numbers
As a result of the blame game rages, while the market is making its own verdict on itself, it’s not just that. Bitbit (BTC) Bitcoin – $1,70,096, down about 0. The total number of s in the last 24 hours is 63 per cent and about 27 percent. A year ago, 4% below its level for . Ethylo (ETH) re-applies near $2,104 with the hands of Ethereum ($ETH), which plunges about 2% over the same period. Binance’s $BNB ($BBN) token is about $636, with a 24hour range of around $517 to 645 and recent highs above $640.
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