Binance founder Changpeng Zhao has an answer to whether his tweets move crypto markets, no, they don’t, even when the timing looks suspiciously perfect.

Zhao addressed speculation that his August 19 tweet triggered a 20% Bitcoin rally that unfolded just hours before Trump’s crypto summit speech. “The short answer is no. I do not have the power to do that,” Zhao said, explaining he tweets bullish content five to ten times daily and had no advance knowledge of Trump’s speech. “If I had known, I would not have made that tweet.”

Zhao said the tweet came from reading a quote about taking action today to build a better future, which he adapted into crypto commentary while on the road, calling it coincidence rather than insider…