CZ’s new memoir reignited his long-running feud with OKX founder Star Xu, who called the Binance founder a liar in posts on X.
Changpeng “CZ” Zhao’s new memoir has reignited a long-standing feud with OKX founder Star Xu, who accused the Binance founder and former chief of lying about their shared history and past disputes.
In Freedom of Money, released April 8, CZ revisits a contract dispute at OKCoin and claims rivals sought to undermine him with “fear, uncertainty and doubt (FUD)”, portraying him as an inept chief technical officer.
CZ also claimed that Huobi founder Leon Li told him in 2025 that he believed Xu had reported him to authorities years earlier. Xu has denied allegations of reporting Li and, in a series of posts on X on Wednesday, called CZ “a habitual liar,” disputing multiple claims in the book and reviving earlier accusations that CZ forged contract documents.
