I just grabbed my digital copy of CZ’s new book “Freedom of Money.” physical copy is on the way and it’s going to be signed by CZ.
here are some things that stood out:
- grew up in rural china with dirt floors and no running water. immigrated to canada at 12. sold his shanghai apartment in 2015 and went all in on bitcoin through the Mt. Gox crash
- built binance into the fastest company to ever hit $1B. scaled to 300M+ users across hundreds of countries
- when FTX collapsed and the entire industry panicked, binance processed $7B in withdrawals in a single day. every dollar backed 1:1. CZ went to dinner that night like nothing happened
- SBF built his empire on lobbying and political connections. CZ built his on product. when the stress test came only one survived
- DOJ came after him with a $6.8B demand. he settled at $4.3B, stepped down as CEO, served his time, and wrote this entire book by hand in a prison cell
- now he’s donating all book proceeds to Giggle Academy, a free education project for underprivileged kids. pledged to give away up to 99% of his wealth
- came out the other side with a trump pardon and a story nobody else in this industry can touch
most people in crypto talk about building. this man actually did it, lost everything on the line for it, and came back.
if you’re in this space you should read this book. not because it’s about binance but because it’s the realest account of what it actually takes to build something at this scale.
grab “Freedom of Money” – $9.99 on kindle. worth every sat.
