{"id":71845,"date":"2026-02-11T03:31:32","date_gmt":"2026-02-11T03:31:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=71845"},"modified":"2026-02-11T03:31:32","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T03:31:32","slug":"crypto-billionaire-changpeng-zhao-calls-prison-a-bad-experience-reveals-what-a-prison-guard-told-him-when-he-was-processed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=71845","title":{"rendered":"Crypto Billionaire Changpeng Zhao Calls Prison A &#8216;Bad Experience,&#8217; Reveals What A Prison Guard Told Him When He Was Processed"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><strong>Binance <\/strong><a class=\"ticker-link\" data-ticker=\"BNB\" data-exchange=\"CRYPTO\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/BNB-USD\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">(CRYPTO: <\/a><a class=\"ticker\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/bnb\/usd\">BNB<\/a>) founder <strong>Changpeng \u201cCZ\u201d Zhao<\/strong> recounted his experience in a U.S. prison in an interview aired Tuesday, shedding light on the system\u2019s inner workings and racial dynamics.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">CZ\u2019s Prison Life<\/h2>\n<p>During the All-In podcast with Chamath Palihapitiya, CZ said that while it was \u201ca really bad experience overall,\u201d he never encountered physical harm, fights or extortion threats.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA bunch of the big media wrote that I\u2019m going to be the richest person to ever go to a U.S. prison,\u201d CZ added. So, given the high-profile coverage, you\u2019re probably the biggest target for potential extortion in prison. So your safety is going to be an issue. So, that\u2019s the thing I was worried about then.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">All In interview with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cz_binance?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@cz_binance<\/a> the founder of Binance \u2013 crypto&#8217;s biggest company. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mHVFcaOIIY\">https:\/\/t.co\/mHVFcaOIIY<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Chamath Palihapitiya (@chamath) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/chamath\/status\/2021224987651084426?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 10, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Sharing Facility &#8230;<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/news\/events\/26\/02\/50532316\/crypto-billionaire-changpeng-zhao-calls-prison-a-bad-experience-reveals-what-a-prison-guard-told-him-?utm_source=benzinga_taxonomy&amp;utm_medium=rss_feed_free&amp;utm_content=taxonomy_rss&amp;utm_campaign=channel\" alt=\"Crypto\" billionaire changpeng zhao calls prison a experience reveals what guard told him when he was processed>Full story available on Benzinga.com<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Binance (CRYPTO: BNB) founder Changpeng \u201cCZ\u201d Zhao recounted his experience in a U.S. prison in an interview aired Tuesday, shedding light on the system\u2019s inner workings and racial dynamics. CZ\u2019s Prison Life During the All-In podcast with Chamath Palihapitiya, CZ said that while it was \u201ca really bad experience overall,\u201d he never encountered physical harm, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[3,4,5],"class_list":["post-71845","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-crypto","tag-doge","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71845","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=71845"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71845\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=71845"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=71845"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=71845"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}