# Freedom of Money

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**Freedom of Money: A Memoir of Protecting Users, Resilience, and the Founding of Binance** is a self-published memoir by [Changpeng Zhao](https://cz.wiki/wiki/changpeng-zhao). [2][1] The Kindle edition launched at US$9.99 and Zhao has said all author royalties are donated to [Giggle Academy](https://cz.wiki/wiki/giggle-academy). [2][4]

On 24 October 2026 Zhao announced an AI-voiced audiobook edition coming to Spotify. [3]

## Key facts

- **Author:** [Changpeng Zhao](https://cz.wiki/wiki/changpeng-zhao) [1][2]
- **Published:** 2026-04-08 [1][2]
- **Pages:** 364 [2]
- **Languages:** English and Traditional Chinese [1]
- **Audio edition:** AI-voiced audiobook announced for Spotify, 2026-10-24 [3]

## Reception

Forbes called the book a "whitewashed account" of Binance's rise. [5] Protos published a critical review of the "principles" in the book, describing them as "totally unhinged". [6] The publisher's description appears in a press release. [1] Further views are in [Public reception of Changpeng Zhao](https://cz.wiki/wiki/public-reception).

## References

1. Binance Founder CZ Publishes Freedom of Money — PR Newswire (press release), 2026-04-08. <https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/binance-founder-cz-publishes-freedom-of-money-302736472.html> (publisher’s own description)
2. Freedom of Money: A Memoir of Protecting Users, Resilience, and the Founding of Binance — Amazon product page, 2026-04-08 (publication date). <https://www.amazon.com/Freedom-Money-Protecting-Resilience-Founding-ebook/dp/B0GHL761FP> (publisher’s own description)
3. CZ post: AI-voiced audiobook of Freedom of Money on Spotify — X @cz_binance, 2026-10-24. <https://x.com/cz_binance/status/2113816061841899969> (primary source)
4. Changpeng Zhao — Wikipedia (English), (accessed 2026-10-27). <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Changpeng_Zhao> (secondary compilation; where it cites primary sources we try to go back to them)
5. Out Of Prison, Crypto's Richest Billionaire Tells (Almost) All In A New Memoir — Forbes, 2026-04-11. <https://www.forbes.com/sites/ninabambysheva/2026/04/11/out-of-prison-cryptos-richest-billionaire-tells-almost-all-in-a-new-memoir/> (review / report)
6. CZ uses new book to share his 'principles' — they're totally unhinged — Protos, date unverified. <https://protos.com/cz-uses-new-book-to-share-his-principles-theyre-totally-unhinged/> (critical review)