Binance co-founder Changpeng “CZ” Zhao said he was not highly confident he would receive a pardon from US President Donald Trump after serving a 4-month prison sentence in 2024 for violating US anti-money-laundering laws. “You never know because we actually had very strong anti-lobbying from some of our perceived competitors in the US,” Zhao told Ran Neuner on the Crypto Banter podcast published on Saturday. Zhao argued that other US crypto exchanges opposed a pardon because they were concerned Binance could return to the US market after its exit in November 2023. “The other crypto exchanges in the US don’t want me ... (full story)