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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Technology
Dan Milmo and Alex Hern

Changpeng Zhao: tech chief in the eye of the cryptocurrency storm

Close-up of Changpeng Zhao looking asteadily into the camera with the backdrop of an old brick wall
Changpeng Zhao: ‘Crypto will stay, bitcoin will stay, ethereum will stay, BNB will stay.’ Photograph: Graeme Robertson/The Observer

Changpeng Zhao does not like ambiguous words. Which is just as well: the crypto industry, in which he is a leading figure, is in turmoil and crying out for clarity.

The 45-year-old founder and chief executive of Binance, the world’s biggest cryptocurrency exchange, meets the Observer in an upmarket London hotel after one of the most tumultuous weeks in the short history of digital money.

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