Freedom of Smack Talk: CZ's Memoir Triggers 'Habitual Liar' Blast From OKX Founder

Fresh out of the clink and already back to stirring the pot, Binance founder Changpeng Zhao dropped a 457-page autobiography titled "Freedom of Money" on April 8th. The memoir chronicles his journey from crypto nobody to exchange emperor, but it wasn't long before an old nemesis decided to crash the book launch with a strongly worded statement and some vintage YouTube archaeology.

OKX founder Star Xu didn't appreciate being drug through CZ's pages. The beef dates back to 2015, when CZ served as CTO at what was then OKCoin before making his dramatic exit. In his book, CZ alleges Xu tried to sabotage him with a healthy serving of FUD and even snitched on him to Chinese authorities—a claim CZ backed up with what he claims is a screenshot from Huobi founder Leon Li. Nothing says "I have receipts" like a blurry phone photo of a conversation.

Xu fired back with the energy of someone who had been waiting years for this moment. "After spending four months in prison, he continues to make false statements," Xu said in a statement. "All I can say is: a habitual liar never changes their nature." Classic Xu, keeping it professional and definitely not petty.

The OKX founder also dropped a 10-year-old YouTube video as evidence of contract forgery, because nothing says "I'm over this drama" like excavating ancient blockchain archaeology from the Jurassic period of crypto. Deep from the archives, this one.

For the record, BNB was trading at $600.45 at press time, down 1.11% in 24 hours—but that's just the broader market being its usual bipolar self. Nothing to do with two crypto heavyweights settling decade-old grudges via memoir and YouTube deep dives. Nope, totally unrelated.