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Changpeng Zhao: Inside a Billionaire’s Paradise With Crypto’s Most Powerful Ex-Convict

Inside a Billionaire’s Paradise With Crypto’s Most Powerful Ex-Convict

After serving a four-month prison sentence, he returned to Abu Dhabi, still Binance’s majority shareholder and still the most powerful figure in the industry.

For years, his true calling has been what academics term “jurisdictional arbitrage” — moving from country to country in search of a legal framework pliable enough to accommodate his appetite for risk and growth.

— The New York Times · Changpeng Zhao (CZ), founder of Binance

Now that’s the art of the deal.