Bitcoin Magazine Trump White House Could Soon Pardon Former Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao: FOX
People close to Changpeng Zhao, the former CEO of Binance better known as ‘CZ,’ say discussions are intensifying inside the Trump White House over whether to issue a presidential pardon for the embattled crypto executive, according to reporting from Charles Gasparino, a Senior Correspondent at FOX Business.
Zhao, once among the most influential figures in the digital asset world, served time following a plea deal with the U.S. Department of Justice in 2023 that included a money-laundering conviction and $4.3 billion in fines for Binance.
But according to several sources familiar with the matter, many within Trump’s inner circle now view the case as politically motivated — a hallmark of what they