[Founder of BlockTower Capital: CZ and SBF committed the same crime, and the United States gave the former a lighter sentence for the sake of preserving user funds] On September 22, Ari Paul, founder and CIO of BlockTower Capital, opposed the positive view of CryptoQuant CEO Ki Young Ju on CZ, and said that CZ committed the same crime as SBF. If the federal government wants, he can be imprisoned for life. CZ stole customer deposits and gambled. He has dozens of charges and deceived the retail industry in dozens of ways. He deliberately facilitated money laundering and worse for criminal groups. Why was he only charged with a little bit? Because the federal government is worried that he will take away more than $30 billion in retail funds by bribing the UAE sheikh to obtain sovereign immunity, and the federal government wants a large number of Binance documents that can prove the industry guilty. It is worth noting that the Reuters report cited by Ari Paul accused CZ of obtaining approximately $11 billion in customer assets through trading companies. In response, CryptoQuant CEO Ki Young Ju cited the U.S. Department of Justice’s statement on CZ’s allegations, saying that Reuters’ report had no solid evidence, only indirect suspicion, and no legal conviction. Moreover, “the Department of Justice did not accuse CZ of misappropriating customer funds, but accused him of abetting money laundering.”