This picture captures the end of the crazy and surreal 'Year of the Meme' in 2025.

We will turn back time to the starting point.

At that time, the 'Binance Life' academy was filled with rigor and coldness. What was written on the blackboard were 'K-line', 'compliance', 'infrastructure'.

CZ, who was once the lofty principal Nolan, was the serious night watchman. He wore a suit, and his gaze was sharp like a hawk, maintaining a polite yet distant demeanor towards students in the corners drawing frogs and dog heads, who only shouted 'To Da Moon'.

'Meme is a bubble; we only focus on building.' This has been his creed for the past decade.

However, the winds of 2025 blew in through the window, carrying a warm current called 'humanity'.

For someone who is nearing the age of knowing his fate, change is painful, but CZ made it happen.

He tore up the textbook titled 'Serious CEO Code of Conduct', just like Mr. Keating in 'Dead Poets Society', and decided to look at the world from a different perspective. He realized that in this cold forest made of code, people yearn for more than just transactions; they crave warmth.

Thus, he began to enjoy the company of the people.

He first encountered TST and MUBARAK. That was his trial when he first entered the 'wilderness'. Faced with the clamor of the community, the memes, and even the parodies, he did not wield the 'SAFU' stick to drive them away as he had in the past, but chose to jump into the mud and mingle with the students. He learned to self-deprecate, learned to pick up memes, and he showed everyone that the wealthy tycoon was also an ordinary person who could laugh, play, and had flesh and blood.

But what truly elevated him from 'manager' to 'captain' was GIGGLE.

This is not just a token; it is the softest projection of his heart. While everyone thought he was just playing with memes, he quietly built countless primary schools around the world. GIGGLE represents the laughter of children and his commitment to the future. He used memes, the most down-to-earth way, to promote the noblest educational philanthropy. At that moment, the community understood: he plays with memes not to exploit but to plant seeds of hope in this world.

And that dog named Broccoli. It is no longer just an abstract symbol but faithfully lies at his feet or joyfully runs around in the playground called 'Four.meme'. It symbolizes the innocence and companionship that CZ still retains in this bizarre circle. The presence of Broccoli makes the image of this steel giant incredibly soft and approachable.

In just a few months, CZ underwent an astonishing transformation. He broke through his own limitations and shattered the arrogance of the elite class. He transformed from a geek concerned only with TPS (transactions per second) into a leader who understands the heartbeat of the community. He became a master like Musk but with an added Eastern warmth and compassion.

Now, standing in the classroom of 2026.

Although the K-lines of TST and MUBARAK may no longer be steep, the children in those schools represented by GIGGLE are still reciting their lessons; Broccoli still wags its tail under the sun.

CZ stood at the lectern, no longer the rigid principal, but our shared captain.

The students below—those retail investors holding various community coins, those children funded by GIGGLE, and those who found solace in his jokes during the bear market—stood on their desks. In their eyes, there was no longer greed looking at the 'wealthy tycoon', but respect for a 'comrade'.

They seemed to silently recite that timeless poem, paying tribute to this man, who at nearly fifty, finally regained his childlike heart:

"O Captain! My Captain!"