JUST IN: 🇺🇸 CFTC Chair Mike Selig says "for too long, crypto markets have operated under uncertainty."
"We're not regulating by enforcement and opaque rules."
Benzinga asked me about quantum computing and Bitcoin.
The answer… Bitcoin is more secure than the dollars sitting in your bank account.
Quantum will crack the banks long before it touches the blockchain.
Everyone's panicking about quantum breaking Bitcoin's encryption while banks are running on legacy infrastructure that makes Bitcoin look like Fort Knox.
Even if something happened to the blockchain, the full node operators can roll back to the last secure block. The network survives.
The dollar and banks don't have that option.
At some point, Bitcoin eclipses the dollar entirely as retailers begin to accept bitcoin, and then they decide they only want to accept bitcoin.
Read the full Benzinga interview to see what else we covered.
https://t.co/VDF035Hiwu
You hear about the guy who put $1000 into the SpaceX IPO and made $25,000, but you don't hear about the hundreds who put $1000 and are left with $0.10.
ETH in 2021: $1,700
ETH in 2022: $1,700
ETH in 2023: $1,700
ETH in 2024: $1,700
ETH in 2025: $1,700
ETH in 2026: $1,700
ETH before BitMine buying: $1,700
ETH after BitMine buying: $1,700
ETH before ETF approval: $1,700
ETH after ETF approval: $1,700
ETH during anti-crypto President: $1,700
ETH during pro-crypto President: $1,700
ETH before US-Iran war: $1,700
ETH after US-Iran war: $1,700
Performance of $ETH is an absolute joke.
Today, I stepped down as CEO of Binance. Admittedly, it was not easy to let go emotionally. But I know it is the right thing to do. I made mistakes, and I must take responsibility. This is best for our community, for Binance, and for myself.
Binance is no longer a baby. It is time for me to let it walk and run. I know Binance will continue to grow and excel with the deep bench it has.
I’m pleased to announce that @_RichardTeng, our now former Global Head of Regional Markets, has been named the new CEO of Binance today.
Richard is a highly qualified leader and, with over three decades of financial services and regulatory experience, he will navigate the company through its next period of growth. He will ensure Binance delivers on our next phase of security, transparency, compliance, and growth.
Prior to joining Binance, Richard was CEO of the Financial Services Regulatory Authority at Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM); Chief Regulatory Officer of the Singapore Exchange (SGX); and Director of Corporate Finance in the Monetary Authority of Singapore.
With Richard and the entire team, I’m confident that the best days for @Binance and the crypto industry lay ahead.
As a shareholder and former CEO with historical knowledge of our company, I will remain available to the team to consult as needed, consistent with the framework set out in our U.S. agency resolutions.
What’s next for me?
I will take a break first. I have not had a single day of real (phone off) break for the last 6 and half years.
After that, my current thinking is I will probably do some passive investing, being a minority token/shareholder in startups in areas of blockchain/Web3/DeFi, AI and biotech. I am happy that I will finally have more time to spend looking at DeFi.
I can’t see myself being a CEO driving a startup again. I am content being an one-shot (lucky) entrepreneur. Should there be listeners, I may be open to being a coach/mentor to a small number of upcoming entrepreneurs, privately. If for nothing else, I can at least tell them what not to do.
On that note, I am proud to point out that in our resolutions with the U.S. agencies they:
- do not allege that Binance misappropriated any user funds, and
- do not allege that Binance engaged in any market manipulation.
Funds are SAFU!
With that, I look forward to seeing the new leadership take the reins. Please join me in congratulating Richard on his well-deserved promotion.
Onwards!
CZ
That first espresso hit different this morning ☕ Screen's glowing, charts are loaded, and honestly I feel unstoppable. Days that start like this usually end well. Let's see what the market's hiding today 👀
I’ve been in crypto for 9 years.
I’ve survived multiple bull and bear markets.
When the dust settles, the wealth will flow to those who stayed when it was hard & boring.
We're still early.
Being this early is painful. But it pays.
Traditional finance advisers are skipping Bitcoin and going straight for stablecoins & tokenization? Maybe suits care more about stability than moonshots 👀 Is this the quiet institutional pivot nobody's talking about? #TradFi
Accretion depends on the metric. Net Assets per Share measures balance sheet strength and residual asset value. BTC per Share measures Bitcoin intensity and long-term equity upside. NAV accretion improves asset coverage. BTC Yield accretion increases Bitcoin per share. $MSTR $BTC
AI agents handling enterprise transactions = massive stablecoin demand incoming. Was skeptical but a $5T market with autonomous systems needing payment rails? Hard to dismiss. #stablecoins Thoughts?
ran the numbers: on days my portfolio is up 8%+, I average 4.2hrs sleep. on red days, somehow 9hrs. my body has apparently decided dopamine is a better alarm clock than anxiety.