{"id":32820,"date":"2020-12-04T10:24:07","date_gmt":"2020-12-04T08:24:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=32820"},"modified":"2025-08-28T10:36:05","modified_gmt":"2025-08-28T07:36:05","slug":"changpeng-zhao-named-among-bloombergs-50-global-icons-and-innovators","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/changpeng-zhao-named-among-bloombergs-50-global-icons-and-innovators\/","title":{"rendered":"Changpeng Zhao Named Among Bloomberg&#8217;s 50 Global Icons and Innovators"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The CEO of the Binance cryptocurrency exchange, Changpeng Zhao, was among 50 people who, in 2020, significantly changed the world, according to <a href=\\\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/features\/2020-bloomberg-50\/?sref=AACmJ2tc#changpeng-zhao\\\" target=\\\"_blank\\\" rel=\\\"noopener noreferrer\\\">Bloomberg<\/a>.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Zhao stood among the ranks of the most influential thought leaders in business, entertainment, finance, politics, science and technology. Over the years, those named alongside him included Steve Jobs, Barack Obama, Elon Musk, Warren Buffett, Jeff Bezos, Jack Ma, Greta Thunberg, Janet Yellen, Angela Merkel and others.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cIt is a great honour to be part of this group of outstanding people who are shaping our world for the better. My colleagues and I will continue to work towards increasing financial inclusion worldwide thanks to cryptocurrencies,\u201d Zhao said in a press release.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In October, Changpeng Zhao <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/changpeng-zhao-weighs-in-on-cbdcs-and-the-bitmex-case\">gave an extensive interview<\/a>, in which he shared his views on national digital currencies and regulatory pressure on BitMEX.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, ForkLog <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/forbes-names-seven-crypto-industry-figures-on-its-30-under-30-list\">wrote<\/a> about Forbes&#8217; list of the most promising young entrepreneurs in finance, which included seven representatives of the cryptocurrency industry.<\/p>\n<p>Follow ForkLog on <a href=\\\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/forklog\\\" target=\\\"_blank\\\" rel=\\\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\\\">Facebook<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The CEO of the Binance cryptocurrency exchange, Changpeng Zhao, was among the 50 people who significantly changed the world in 2020, according to Bloomberg.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":32821,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"1","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1569,935],"class_list":["post-32820","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-bloomberg","tag-changpeng-zhao"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"20","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32820","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32820"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32820\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32822,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32820\/revisions\/32822"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32821"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32820"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32820"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32820"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}