
Changpeng Zhao challenges social media claims linking him to a fake Polymarket event, market cycle control, Bitcoin dumping, and SAFU fund mismanagement.
Changpeng "CZ" Zhao addressed four rumors in the crypto community: an invented Polymarket market predicting a 2026 incident against him, claims he cancelled the Bitcoin supercycle, allegations Binance sold $1 billion in BTC during a recent downturn, and doubts about Binance’s execution of its SAFU stablecoin-to-BTC conversion plan. Zhao clarified that the Polymarket scenario did not exist, his remarks on the supercycle were misinterpreted, Binance users—not the exchange—sold BTC, and the SAFU conversion remains on track with completion expected within 30 days. He noted $1 billion over 30 days is insignificant relative to Bitcoin’s $1.7 trillion market cap.