PANews reported on May 5 that CZ posted on the X platform: "There are former employees who were fired by Binance for insider trading, and a few years later they said they were the founders and CXOs of something. Binance has never had any other C or O except the CEO, CTO, CMO, CCO, CFO, and COO. The above stories are purely fictitious, please do not take them personally."

CZ: A former employee who was fired from Binance for insider trading claimed to be a "certain founder" a few years later. This is purely fictitious, please do not take it personally