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Binance CEO CZ’s downfall is ‘the end of an era’ — Charles Hoskinson

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In a Nov. 22 YouTube video, Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson reflected on the news that Binance CEO Changpeng “CZ” Zhao had stepped down from the exchange. Hoskinson claimed that the event represented “the end of an era.” He argued that entrepreneurs will need to comply with regulations or else develop completely permissionless protocols that can’t be regulated.

The End of an Era https://t.co/d3AcHWu66C

— Charles Hoskinson (@IOHK_Charles) November 22, 2023

In the video, Hoskinson claimed that CZ was “part of a class of entrepreneurs in the cryptocurrency space who really epitomized the move fast, grow and innovate side of things.” In the early days of crypto, Bitcoin (BTC) traders used spreadsheets to make trades and sent funds to buy the cryptocurrency via PayPal, Hoskinson said. This period represented the “first wave” of innovation in the space. CZ and Binance came in the “second wave” in 2017 and became a “Leviathan in our industry.”

“He [CZ] was one of the greatest entrepreneurs of our time,” Hoskinson stated, adding that “trillions of dollars of assets flowed through his exchange.”

However, Hoskinson warned that the world is changing and that entrepreneurs will no longer be able to get by using centralized systems while simultaneously not complying with regulations. This is because “the United States has a financial regime that basically has been weaponized,” and this regime will not allow entrepreneurs to open up markets that let “the enemies of America to basically trade and do things.” Hoskinson claimed that the world is becoming “multipolar,” leading many countries to reject this U.S.-led system. In his view, this is leaving crypto “caught in the middle,” resulting in incidents like the Binance plea deal.

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