Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao Unfollows Musk: $500 Million Investment Still Stands
The CEO of the crypto exchange giant Binance, Changpeng Zhao (CZ) has unfollowed Twitter owner Elon Musk on the platform - but the investment into the social media site reportedly stands.
According to Big Crypto Alert, the Binance boss unfollowed the Tesla chief on Twitter on Sunday, though the reason behind the move is unknown. That fact, expectedly, didn't stop the speculation and theories to form.
Some suggested it may have been connected to Musk's earlier move to join hands with another exchange. As reported, Twitter and trading platform eToro teamed up this April to allow social media users to buy and sell crypto, stocks, and other financial assets.
At the time of writing, the two were not following each other. It is not known at the moment if Musk had followed CZ before.
All this said, on the business side of things, all seems to be clear: Binance will proceed with its $500 million investment in Twitter, as promised.
This is according to a Binance spokesperson, who declined to comment on the CEO's Twitter move, according to The Block.
Binance said back in May last year that it would commit this amount of money to Musk's $44 billion buyout of Twitter.
In late October 2022, responding to the question about whether he'd stand by the financial commitment to Musk, CZ said 'I think so.'
In November, Zhao shared that there were "very strong reasons" why the exchange invested in the social media platform.
"Number one is that we want to be extremely supportive of free speech," he said, adding that Twitter is "where people express their opinions. It is an important free speech platform - that's the number one reason."
CZ, who has 8.4 million followers on the platform, said he is "a heavy Twitter user," adding that Binance planned to
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