CZ Urges Musk to Cease SpaceX Share Trolling Amid Binance’s Financial Safeguards
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Changpeng "CZ" Zhao, CEO of Binance, publicly requested Elon Musk to stop mocking the valuation of Musk’s SpaceX shares, claiming they exceed $1 billion and tying the criticism to a prior $5 billion investment Binance made in Musk’s Twitter. Zhao’s remarks came after Musk’s comments on X, where he suggested that the SpaceX stake was worth more than a billion dollars. Binance’s chief financial officer, Yi He, countered the narrative by stating that the company’s annual revenue is sufficient to absorb any potential losses from the incident. In response, Binance set aside over $6 billion in company reserves to cover possible losses related to the controversy. The exchange’s actions underscore its financial preparedness while the dispute highlights differing views on the valuation of Musk’s SpaceX holdings and the broader implications for Binance’s investment strategy.
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CZ asks Musk to stop trolling over SpaceX shares valuation
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- asked Musk to stop trolling
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- Musk's trolling behavior
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- Oct 30, 00:00
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- Oct 30, 22:30
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- Oct 30, 22:51
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- CryptoSlateRelated fact: single sourceSource report revisedBinance Co‑Founder Zhao Urges Elon Musk to Stop Trolling Amid $1B+ SpaceX Share Claim
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Binance co‑founder Changpeng Zhao (@cz_binance) publicly asked Elon Musk to cease what he called “trolling” during the exchange’s October 30 hack crisis, citing a holding of SpaceX shares he valued at over $1 billion. Zhao linked the shares to a $500 million investment Binance made in Musk’s takeover of Twitter. Binance’s other co‑founder Yi He (@heyibinance) later stated that the company’s annual revenue was sufficient to cover the hack losses, so selling the SpaceX shares was unnecessary. Binance subsequently announced it had reserved more than $6 billion in company funds—excluding frozen assets—to cover the incident, and detailed how it was purchasing affected token assets to close the shortfall. The exchange’s public statements highlight the financial interconnections between Binance, Musk’s ventures, and the broader crypto‑asset ecosystem during a major security breach.
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