Changpeng Zhao Drops $10 Million In BNB On Vitalik Buterin’s Biotech Charity, Gets Thanked For Keeping Humanity Safe From Airborne Diseases
Posted On July 2, 2025
Changpeng Zhao, the founder of cryptocurrency exchange Binance (CRYPTO: BNB), said Tuesday that he made a personal donation of $10 million to support Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH) co-founder Vitalik Buterin’s biotech initiative.
What Happened: Zhao, known popularly as “CZ,” revealed in an X post that he sent $10 million, all in BNB tokens, to Buterin’s “open-source” biotech efforts a couple of months ago.
The gesture was acknowledged by Buterin, who thanked CZ for keeping “humanity healthy and safe from airborne diseases.”