Binance founder CZ to stop disclosing crypto moves after recent market volatility

Binance founder Changpeng “CZ” Zhao announced he will no longer publicly disclose his personal crypto investments after his most recent token purchase appeared to have caused heightened volatility in markets. Zhao’s public revelation that he had purchased $2 million worth of the decentralized exchange token Aster (ASTER) on Sunday had caused the token to surge by about 30%. However, within just two days of his disclosure, ASTER’s price tanked and erased all the profits from the CZ-pump rally. CZ’s translated post.) November 3, 2025 According to one wallet tracked by blockchain intelligence firm Arkham, the Binance KOL holdings are valued at roughly $109.3 million, and include tokens like SHORT worth $107.5 million. 1,023 BNB worth approximately $975,000, 84.9 million QUQ tokens valued at $263,000, and 1.77 million SIREN tokens worth $132,000.

Smaller positions include 16 million 客服小何 tokens, worth $76,000, and approximately 30 million BNB CARD tokens, valued at $50,000. The wallet also lists 7.35 XAUM, a tokenized asset tied to gold, worth $29,000, and 40 million GHIBLI tokens valued at around $25,000. CZ’s Trump pardon, Binance’s political ties discussed As reported by Cryptopolitan, CZ received a US presidential pardon less than two weeks ago from President Donald ￰0￱ had pleaded guilty in 2023 to failing to maintain an adequate anti–money laundering program during his time as CEO of Binance, the world’s largest crypto ￰1￱ forged partnerships with World Liberty Financial, a crypto platform co-founded by members of the Trump ￰2￱ platform is the primary business of the Trump family’s crypto empire, reportedly valued at over $7 ￰3￱ to prior reporting and public filings, Binance is linked to World Liberty Financial in more than one way, and it supposedly wrote underlying code for the platform’s stablecoin USD1, a digital dollar pegged on a one-to-one ratio with the US ￰4￱ a CBS “60 Minutes” interview that aired on November 2, Trump distanced himself from Zhao, despite being the one to grant the ￰5￱ why he had intervened, the president insisted he did not “know who he is.” If you're reading this, you’re already ￰6￱ there with our newsletter .