President Donald Trump’s pardon of Changpeng “CZ” Zhao, the former CEO and founder of Binance, has made headlines worldwide. Yet, the move may be part of a deeper story unfolding behind the scenes. NoOne’s CEO, Ray Youssef, suggested that CZ has aligned himself with the US establishment — the very force, he argued, that truly runs Binance.

The decision has reignited speculation that US authorities, and now US politics, hold far greater influence over the world’s largest crypto exchange than many care to admit.

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Who Really Runs Binance?

In a recent BeInCrypto Podcast episode, Youssef rejected the idea that Binance was connected to the Chinese Communist Party — a claim often repeated by critics. Instead, he insisted that the exchange had become an instrument of US power. 

He also alleged that President Trump and his family were linked to this network of influence. Youssef suggested that CZ had aligned himself not only with American regulators but with figures close to Trump himself.

“Binance is not CCP, folks. The Communist Party of China would never be this gangster and criminal. No, CZ has aligned himself with Uncle Sam. And the Trump family and they’re in on this together. The Chinese are not this stupid, not this criminal, and they’re not gangsters. But Uncle Sam is, and that’s who CZ is working with,” he told BeInCrypto. 

He argued that the company effectively fell under Washington’s control after CZ’s guilty plea and Binance’s $4 billion settlement with the US Department of Justice. The court-ordered compliance monitor, he claimed, tra

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Author: Kamina Bashir