Trump’s CZ pardon spurs Binance US comeback, crypto truce
The crypto hive is buzzing on pure caffeine: On October 23, 2025, United States President Donald Trump pardoned Binance founder Changpeng “CZ” Zhao, instantly erasing a 2023 conviction that had frozen the exchange’s American ambitions for years.
CZ had served just four months in a low-security federal facility for weak anti-money-laundering controls, walked free in September 2024, and now—with the legal cloud fully lifted—Binance is aggressively plotting a full-throated U.S….
