How ruthless is personal success?

In 2014, Zhao Changpeng sold his Shanghai home and spent the 1.1 million yuan he earned on Bitcoin. After that, housing prices in Shanghai doubled, while Bitcoin prices dropped by a third. However, this made Zhao known in the cryptocurrency world.

At an event in March 2014, Zhao met OKCoin founder Xu Mingxing and joined OKCoin as a technical director in June, also handling international business. However, Zhao left shortly after disagreeing with OKCoin.

He founded Binance in July 2017 and launched the platform just 11 days after raising $15 million in public funding. The platform immediately attracted a lot of attention from users.