CZ told to ‘give up the scamming’ in X spat with Ari Paul
Former Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao has been advised to “enjoy life and give up the scamming” in a heated social media back-and-forth with BlockTower founder Ari Paul. The spat began when Paul responded to an X post by Zhao that challenged The Wall Street Journal’s claim that “As part of Zhao’s plea deal, he agreed to give evidence on (Tron founder Justin) Sun to prosecutors.” In the post, Zhao said, “WSJ (The Wall Street Journal) is really TRYING here. They seem to have forgotten who went to prison and who didn’t. “People who become gov witnesses don’t go to prison. They are protected. “ I heard someone paid WSJ employees to smear me .” However, Paul pointed out, “You (Zhao) didn’t get 25+ years for money laundering and terrorism financing charges and stealing customer assets because DoJ wanted your dirt on everyone else in crypto, and didn’t want you vanishing in Dubai with $60b of customer asse...