{"id":80998,"date":"2026-04-15T09:46:34","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T09:46:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=80998"},"modified":"2026-04-15T09:46:34","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T09:46:34","slug":"crypto-billionaire-changpeng-zhao-claims-biden-administration-tried-to-make-an-example-out-of-him","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=80998","title":{"rendered":"Crypto Billionaire Changpeng Zhao Claims Biden Administration Tried To Make An &#8216;Example&#8217; Out Of Him"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Founder and former CEO of\u00a0<strong>Binance<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/BNB-USD\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><a class=\"ticker-link\" data-ticker=\"BNB\" data-exchange=\"CRYPTO\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/BNB-USD\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">(CRYPTO:\u00a0BNB)<\/a>\u00a0<strong>Changpeng \u201cCZ\u201d Zhao<\/strong> said Tuesday that the Biden administration personally targeted him to set an \u201cexample\u201d in cryptocurrency enforcement.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">CZ Alleges Biden Administration Was \u2018Hostile\u2019<\/h2>\n<p>CZ\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/content\/45279582\/former-binance-chief-cz-confirms-pardon-request-after-initial-denial\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">pleaded guilty to violating the Bank Secrecy Act<\/a>, a law that requires financial institutions to help government agencies detect and prevent money laundering, in 2023. As part of the settlement, \u00a0he paid a $50 million fine, stepped down as the\u00a0company&#8217;s CEO and subsequently served four months in prison.<\/p>\n<p>During an interview with Fox Business, CZ was asked whether the previous administration had targeted him to set an example. He replied, \u201cI think so, yes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The cryptocurrency billionaire said that the Biden administration had declared a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/markets\/cryptocurrency\/24\/06\/39393602\/donald-trump-vows-to-end-joe-bidens-war-on-crypto-in-another-rousing-speech-maga-coin-shoo\">\u201cwar on crypto,\u201d<\/a> forcing the industry to operate in a \u201chostile\u201d &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/crypto\/cryptocurrency\/26\/04\/51824200\/crypto-billionaire-changpeng-zhao-claims-biden-administration-tried-to-make-an-example-out-?utm_source=benzinga_taxonomy&amp;utm_medium=rss_feed_free&amp;utm_content=taxonomy_rss&amp;utm_campaign=channel\" alt=\"Crypto\" billionaire changpeng zhao claims biden administration tried to make an out of him>Full story available on Benzinga.com<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Founder and former CEO of\u00a0Binance\u00a0(CRYPTO:\u00a0BNB)\u00a0Changpeng \u201cCZ\u201d Zhao said Tuesday that the Biden administration personally targeted him to set an \u201cexample\u201d in cryptocurrency enforcement. CZ Alleges Biden Administration Was \u2018Hostile\u2019 CZ\u00a0pleaded guilty to violating the Bank Secrecy Act, a law that requires financial institutions to help government agencies detect and prevent money laundering, in 2023. As [&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-80998","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\/80998","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=80998"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80998\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=80998"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=80998"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=80998"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}