# cz.wiki

> cz.wiki is an unofficial, English-primary, source-backed encyclopedia and near-real-time tracker about Changpeng Zhao (CZ), co-founder and former CEO of Binance. Every factual statement carries a numbered reference with the original link; AI-generated text is always labelled. 19 languages (18 are AI translations of the English text). Unofficial third-party site, not affiliated with Changpeng Zhao or Binance.

cz.wiki is English-primary. Prefer the English URLs below; other languages live at https://cz.wiki/<code>/… (es, pt, fr, de, it, nl, ru, pl, tr, hi, id, ja, ko, zh-hans, zh-hant, vi, th, ar) and are AI translations whose English source prevails. Every page declares canonical and hreflang alternates, JSON-LD (WebSite, Organization, Person, Article, BreadcrumbList) and a visible last-updated date.

## Policies

- Status: Unofficial third-party site, not affiliated with Changpeng Zhao or Binance. It does not impersonate or speak for him.
- Sourcing: every factual statement carries a numbered reference with original link, publisher and date; primary sources (court/government documents, original posts) first; unsourced statements are marked [citation needed]; unverified ones [verification needed]. Allegations are kept apart from findings.
- AI labelling: any AI-generated text is boxed and states which AI produced it, what it was based on, when, and that it is provisional. Non-English pages are AI translations (Codex CLI) of the English text and carry a notice; English prevails.
- Live feed: collected automatically every few minutes; everything in it is UNVERIFIED until a human reviews it, and must never be presented as fact.
- Not investment advice. Times are UTC+8 (Singapore).
- Editorial policy: https://cz.wiki/editorial

## Key articles

- [Binance](https://cz.wiki/wiki/binance): Binance is a cryptocurrency exchange founded in 2017 by Changpeng Zhao; in 2023 it pleaded guilty to U.S. anti-money-laundering failures.
- [BNB Chain](https://cz.wiki/wiki/bnb-chain): BNB Chain is the blockchain ecosystem associated with Binance's BNB token.
- [BNB Standard](https://cz.wiki/wiki/bnb-standard): BNB Standard (formerly CEA Industries, ticker BNC) is a Nasdaq-listed company that holds BNB and rang the Nasdaq opening bell in October 2026.
- [Changpeng Zhao](https://cz.wiki/wiki/changpeng-zhao): Changpeng Zhao (CZ) is a Chinese-born Canadian entrepreneur, co-founder and former CEO of Binance, who pleaded guilty to a U.S. Bank Secrecy Act charge in 2023 and was pardoned in 2025.
- [Freedom of Money](https://cz.wiki/wiki/freedom-of-money): Freedom of Money is a memoir by Changpeng Zhao published in April 2026.
- [Giggle Academy](https://cz.wiki/wiki/giggle-academy): Giggle Academy is a non-profit, free, game-based online English-learning platform for children, launched by Changpeng Zhao.
- [He Yi](https://cz.wiki/wiki/he-yi): He Yi (Yi He) is a co-founder of Binance and, according to Wikipedia, was named co-CEO in December 2025.
- [Legal affairs of Changpeng Zhao](https://cz.wiki/wiki/legal-affairs): An overview of criminal, regulatory and civil matters involving Changpeng Zhao and Binance, with the status of each.
- [Pardon of Changpeng Zhao](https://cz.wiki/wiki/pardon-of-changpeng-zhao): In October 2025 President Donald Trump granted Changpeng Zhao a full and unconditional pardon in United States v. Zhao.
- [Public reception of Changpeng Zhao](https://cz.wiki/wiki/public-reception): Praise and criticism of Changpeng Zhao, set side by side with each view attributed.
- [Richard Teng](https://cz.wiki/wiki/richard-teng): Richard Teng became chief executive of Binance on 21 November 2023, succeeding Changpeng Zhao.
- [SEC v. Binance](https://cz.wiki/wiki/sec-v-binance): SEC v. Binance Holdings was a civil enforcement action filed in June 2023 against Binance and Changpeng Zhao that the SEC dropped in May 2025.
- [United States v. Zhao](https://cz.wiki/wiki/united-states-v-zhao): United States v. Zhao (23CR00179RAJ-001) is the U.S. federal criminal case in which Changpeng Zhao pleaded guilty to a Bank Secrecy Act violation, was sentenced to four months, and was later pardoned.
- [YZi Labs](https://cz.wiki/wiki/yzi-labs): YZi Labs is the investment firm formerly known as Binance Labs, renamed in January 2025.

## Featured / In depth

- [Featured stories](https://cz.wiki/featured): investigative findings and in-depth stories, each with sources and a verification status; JSON at https://cz.wiki/api/featured.json, feeds at https://cz.wiki/feed/featured.xml and https://cz.wiki/feed/featured.json


## Core pages

- [Home](https://cz.wiki/): overview, legal status at a glance, latest changes
- [All articles](https://cz.wiki/articles): every article by category
- [Timeline](https://cz.wiki/timeline): dated, sourced timeline
- [Quotes](https://cz.wiki/quotes): quotations with original wording and source
- [Source index](https://cz.wiki/sources): every source used, with publisher and date
- [Live feed (unverified)](https://cz.wiki/live): automatically collected items; unverified
- [For AI & developers](https://cz.wiki/ai): endpoints, schemas, citation and etiquette

## Machine-readable data

- [/llms.txt](https://cz.wiki/llms.txt): Short index for LLMs (llmstxt.org format): what the site is, policies, key articles. (text/plain)
- [/llms-full.txt](https://cz.wiki/llms-full.txt): Full English article text with numbered references, in one file. (text/plain)
- [/SKILL.md](https://cz.wiki/SKILL.md): Agent Skill (YAML frontmatter + instructions) describing how to use this site. (text/markdown)
- [/.well-known/agent-skills/index.json](https://cz.wiki/.well-known/agent-skills/index.json): Agent Skills discovery index (digest of SKILL.md). (application/json)
- [/openapi.json](https://cz.wiki/openapi.json): OpenAPI 3.1 description of the endpoints below. (application/json)
- [/api/live.json](https://cz.wiki/api/live.json): Near-real-time collected items with source links; params since, until, limit, type, status, label, language (source language), lang (display language: adds title_i18n/summary_i18n machine translations). (application/json)
- [/feed/live.xml](https://cz.wiki/feed/live.xml): Atom feed of the live items. (application/atom+xml)
- [/feed/live.json](https://cz.wiki/feed/live.json): JSON Feed 1.1 of the live items. (application/feed+json)
- [/featured](https://cz.wiki/featured): Featured / In depth: investigative findings and in-depth stories; each story has a permalink at /featured/{slug}. (text/html)
- [/api/ai-usage.json](https://cz.wiki/api/ai-usage.json): Daily Workers AI usage of the automatic translation (calls, tokens, neurons vs the free 10,000/day allocation); no personal data. (application/json)
- [/api/featured.json](https://cz.wiki/api/featured.json): Featured stories as JSON: sources, verification_status, AI label; params active, status, since, limit, slug. (application/json)
- [/api/featured/{slug}.json](https://cz.wiki/api/featured/{slug}.json): One featured story as JSON. (application/json)
- [/feed/featured.xml](https://cz.wiki/feed/featured.xml): Atom feed of featured stories. (application/atom+xml)
- [/feed/featured.json](https://cz.wiki/feed/featured.json): JSON Feed 1.1 of featured stories. (application/feed+json)
- [/api/articles.json](https://cz.wiki/api/articles.json): Index of all articles with dates, summaries and links to the Markdown/JSON versions. (application/json)
- [/api/articles/{slug}.json](https://cz.wiki/api/articles/{slug}.json): One article as JSON: sections, infobox, numbered references, revision history. (application/json)
- [/wiki/{slug}.md](https://cz.wiki/wiki/{slug}.md): One article as clean Markdown with [n] citation markers and a reference list (pages: /{slug}.md). (text/markdown)
- [/feed/changes.xml](https://cz.wiki/feed/changes.xml): Atom feed of article changes (from the public revision history). (application/atom+xml)
- [/feed/changes.json](https://cz.wiki/feed/changes.json): JSON Feed 1.1 of article changes. (application/feed+json)
- [/feed.xml](https://cz.wiki/feed.xml): Atom feed of human-reviewed items. (application/atom+xml)
- [/sitemap.xml](https://cz.wiki/sitemap.xml): Sitemap with lastmod and hreflang alternates for all 19 locales. (application/xml)
- [/robots.txt](https://cz.wiki/robots.txt): Crawler rules; all search and AI crawlers are allowed. (text/plain)

## How to cite

- Cite original sources for facts; cite cz.wiki as: cz.wiki, "<title>", <canonical English URL>, last updated <date>, retrieved <date>.
- Live-feed items: cite the item's own url and publisher, and state that it is unverified.
- Keep attribution and the unofficial / AI-labelled status when republishing.

## Contact

- General: hello@cz.wiki
- Corrections: corrections@cz.wiki
- Legal: legal@cz.wiki
- Press: press@cz.wiki
- X: https://x.com/czdotwiki

## Optional

- [Agent Skill](https://cz.wiki/SKILL.md)
- [Sitemap](https://cz.wiki/sitemap.xml)
- [Full text for LLMs](https://cz.wiki/llms-full.txt)