Why did Elon Musk's purchase of Twitter require $500 million from Binance, the biggest cryptocurrency exchange in the world?
The exchange platform's creator and CEO, Changpeng Zhao, well known by his alias CZ, explained the decision today.
CZ gave three reasons for why Binance was backing Musk's Twitter campaign...
First, to support international freedom of expression. That is exactly how he sees the social network. He said, "That is something incredibly significant.
Second, Binance likes supporting "excellent entrepreneurs." The CEO of Binance believes that Elon Musk, the founder of firms like Tesla and SpaceX, is a fantastic businessman.
Third: The potential for Twitter to develop into a "super app". Musk himself had previously made a comment about this. Zhao likens WeChat, a Chinese platform that combines a social network, a commerce site, and a way to make payments, to Twitter.
“We want to help bring Twitter to Web3 and help solve problems like charging for subscriptions. Something that could be done very easily globally using cryptocurrencies as a means of payment.” Changpeng Zhao, CEO of Binance added.
CZ rushed in as soon as Musk announced his desire to buy the social network, making little effort to keep their $500 million contribution to the buyout a secret.
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Author: Oliver Redding
Seattle Newsdesk /
