"I’m Not A Fixer For Anyone": CZ Criticizes WSJ For "Misreporting The Truth" About WLF's Claims

Binance founder Changpeng Zhao, commonly known as CZ, has publicly opposed what he calls "another critical article" from The Wall Street Journal, stating that the publication has distorted the truth and operates with negative intent. Speaking on X ( previously known as Twitter), CZ criticized WSJ for abandoning journalism to support what he called the Cunningham Law, citing the idea that "the best way to get the right answer on the Internet is not to ask questions; but to post the wrong answer."

"This is NOT how the press should operate," CZ wrote. He added that a few days earlier, the WSJ had sent a list of questions through his public relations team, which was filled with "false and negative assumptions." According to CZ, when Binance pointed out that there was "a lot of inaccurate information and baseless speculation," the WSJ responded by requesting specific corrections. But CZ stated that the issue was not just a few factual errors but the entire narrative. "When you fabricate a story with negative intent from the very beginning, there is no way to correct the 'inaccuracies'. That is the whole story," he wrote. CZ shared excerpts from a WSJ question, one of which states: "We understand that CZ has really acted as a fixer for Zach Witkoff and the WLF team during their overseas trips... In recent months, CZ has met with government officials from Pakistan, Malaysia and Kyrgyzstan... We understand that CZ then connected Mr. Saqib with the World Liberty Financial team, and a week after his visit, World Liberty appointed Mr. Saqib as an advisor. On April 26, the WLF team traveled to Pakistan to sign a Memorandum of Understanding with the government." According to CZ, WSJ later published the following line in their report: "The person who helped facilitate the introduction of World Liberty's overseas trip is Changpeng Zhao, the founder of the Binance cryptocurrency exchange... A spokesperson for World Liberty said Zhao and Zach Witkoff were friends but Zhao did not act as a mediator. Regarding this issue, CZ replied: "The truth: I am not a fixer for anyone. I did NOT 'connect Mr. Saqib with the WLF team.' They have known each other for a long time, while I only met Mr. Saqib for the first time in Pakistan. I did NOT make any 'introductions for World Liberty's foreign trips.'" He concluded his statement by suggesting a broader motivation behind the report: "The WSJ is just a mouthpiece. There are forces in the United States that want to hinder efforts to make the United States the capital of cryptocurrency. They want to attack cryptocurrency, global cryptocurrency leaders, and governments that support cryptocurrency."