All-In PodcastCZ decides to launch Binance ICO with just his crypto reputation
“Called the team, said, we're gonna do an ICO.”
So, by mid June, June 14 was the date. And then I said, okay. Called the team, said, we're gonna do an ICO.
Write a white paper. And then by And so did you have a name at that point, like, in the Bitcoin community or in the crypto
there's quite a lot of people know me. BlockchainInfo was the most popular platform back then. Right. And the Okcoin was also, like, I was a CTO. I was quite I was quite active on social media. I was also kind of managing their international markets, non non non English speaking or non Chinese speaking markets because nobody else I was the best English speaker on that team even though my English is not that great. But,
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Binance founder CZ explains the pivotal moment in June when he decided to launch an ICO to fund what would become the world's largest crypto exchange. He reflects on his existing reputation in the crypto community from his roles at BlockchainInfo and OKCoin, which gave him the credibility needed to raise funds despite being relatively unknown outside crypto circles.
Why this clip
This captures the exact moment when one of crypto's most successful companies was born, showing how reputation and timing intersected for CZ's billion-dollar decision.
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