{"id":90243,"date":"2025-10-24T14:14:44","date_gmt":"2025-10-24T11:14:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=90243"},"modified":"2025-10-24T14:16:15","modified_gmt":"2025-10-24T11:16:15","slug":"changpeng-zhao-counters-bitcoin-critic-peter-schiff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/changpeng-zhao-counters-bitcoin-critic-peter-schiff\/","title":{"rendered":"Changpeng Zhao Counters Bitcoin Critic Peter Schiff"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Renowned cryptocurrency critic Peter Schiff discussed a new <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/what-are-rwas-real-world-assets\">RWA<\/a> product, only to face sharp criticism from Binance founder Changpeng Zhao (CZ).<\/p>\n<p>Schiff Gold is developing an application for purchasing physical gold with subsequent <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/what-are-tokenised-assets\">tokenization<\/a> of ownership rights, Schiff stated in a recent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=KxF-yzzzLtQ\">interview<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, users will be able to make payments in portions of precious metal using debit cards. He described gold as the &#8220;perfect asset for blockchain&#8221; and tokenization as a &#8220;bridge between traditional values and the digital economy.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><em>&#8220;Now all of you can carry precious metal in your smartphone,&#8221; he noted.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">&#8220;This is not an on-chain asset&#8221;<\/h2>\n<p>CZ criticized the idea, emphasizing that tokenized gold is &#8220;backed by empty promises.&#8221; \u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Saying the obvious. Most people \u201cin crypto\u201d know this, most people \u201cnot in crypto\u201d may not understand yet. <\/p>\n<p>Tokenizing gold is NOT \u201con chain\u201d gold. <\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s tokenizing that you trust some third party will give you gold at some later date, even after their management changes, maybe\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/KMYfz2dG04\">https:\/\/t.co\/KMYfz2dG04<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 CZ \ud83d\udd36 BNB (@cz_binance) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cz_binance\/status\/1981246936117084282?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 23, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><em>&#8220;Tokenized gold is not an on-chain asset. You digitize trust that some third party will eventually give you precious metal\u2014even after management changes, possibly decades later, during a war, and so on. [\u2026] That&#8217;s why no gold coin has become popular,&#8221; he wrote.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Schiff responded that intermediaries are a normal part of any market. He stated, &#8220;People have trusted third parties to store gold for centuries.&#8221; As an example, he cited Brinks, which has held precious metal for over 160 years and &#8220;hasn&#8217;t lost an ounce.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><em>&#8220;Tokenized gold works the same way as <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/what-are-stablecoins\"><em>stablecoins<\/em><\/a><em>. Does this mean you are against the entire industry as a whole?&#8221; he added.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Bloomberg analyst Eric Balchunas <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/EricBalchunas\/status\/1981345582548476140\">noted<\/a> that the structure proposed by Schiff already exists in traditional finance:\u00a0<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><em>&#8220;Congratulations, you just invented an <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/what-is-a-cryptocurrency-etf\"><em>ETF<\/em><\/a><em>.&#8221;\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The expert <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/EricBalchunas\/status\/1981346723143254138\">referred<\/a> to &#8220;gold&#8221; investment funds AAAU from Goldman Sachs and OUNZ from VanEck.<\/p>\n<p>Later, Schiff <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/PeterSchiff\/status\/1981471638097916098\">proposed<\/a> a full debate with CZ, launching a poll among followers on who should moderate. Contenders include Elon Musk, Joe Rogan, Tucker Carlson, and Russell Brand.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">CZ&#8217;s Pardon and Democrats&#8217; Discontent\u00a0<\/h2>\n<p>On October 23, U.S. President Donald Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/donald-trump-pardons-binance-founder\">pardoned<\/a> the founder of Binance. The politician stated that Zhao was &#8220;persecuted&#8221; by the administration of former U.S. President Joe Biden.<\/p>\n<p>Answering journalists&#8217; questions, Trump also noted that many supported CZ and had long recommended his pardon.\u00a0<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><em>&#8220;You mean that crypto guy? Many say he&#8217;s done nothing wrong. I don&#8217;t know him, and I don&#8217;t think I&#8217;ve ever met him. They say what he did isn&#8217;t even a crime\u2026 so I pardoned him at the request of many very good people,&#8221; <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=4GZHAAPCxr8\"><em>he said<\/em><\/a><em> during a press conference.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Representatives of the U.S. Democratic Party criticized the president&#8217;s decision. Congresswoman Maxine Waters accused Trump of corruption.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><em>&#8220;The pardon of Changpeng Zhao, who pleaded guilty to money laundering and facilitating suspicious operations involving drug dealers and terrorists, is a shocking but predictable reflection of [Trump&#8217;s] presidency, defined by corruption, personal gain, and loyalty to criminals rather than the interests of the American people,&#8221; <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/democrats-financialservices.house.gov\/news\/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=413889\"><em>she stated<\/em><\/a><em>.\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Senator Elizabeth Warren <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SenWarren\/status\/1981401323280224349\">joined<\/a> Waters. The official emphasized that CZ received a pardon for lobbying the president&#8217;s crypto projects. <\/p>\n<p>Zhao responded to the attacks, stressing that Warren &#8220;can&#8217;t get her facts right when making a public statement about a person&#8217;s charges.&#8221; The Binance founder added that it was Warren who declared war on the crypto industry five days before his sentencing. <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">A US Senator can&#8217;t get her facts right, in a public post about a person&#8217;s charge. There were NO money laundering changes.<\/p>\n<p>The same Senator declared &#8220;war on crypto&#8221;, on public TV, 5 days before my sentencing, during the Biden Admin.<\/p>\n<p>Need a better example of weaponization of\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/87gTMP6mcn\">https:\/\/t.co\/87gTMP6mcn<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4j1Us48Nop\">pic.twitter.com\/4j1Us48Nop<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 CZ \ud83d\udd36 BNB (@cz_binance) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cz_binance\/status\/1981556726290878820?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 24, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>&#8220;Need a more vivid example of the Biden DOJ&#8217;s weaponization against the crypto market?&#8221; he concluded. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Back in 2024, Zhao <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/binance-founder-released-ahead-of-schedule\">was released<\/a> from prison. The entrepreneur <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/changpeng-zhao-begins-prison-sentence-in-california\">served<\/a> a four-month sentence.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>As part of an agreement with the DOJ, he <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/changpeng-zhao-to-pay-50-million-under-u-s-doj-settlement\">agreed<\/a> to pay a $50 million fine and step down as Binance CEO.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The exchange <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/binance-permanently-removes-changpeng-zhao-from-management\">permanently barred<\/a> CZ from management, but Richard Teng noted that Zhao remains the platform&#8217;s largest shareholder.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Peter Schiff, a well-known cryptocurrency critic, discussed a new RWA product, only to face sharp criticism from Binance founder Changpeng Zhao (CZ).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":90244,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"1","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"Peter Schiff faces criticism from Binance's CZ over new RWA product.","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[935,536,1138,1298,1308],"class_list":["post-90243","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-changpeng-zhao","tag-gold","tag-opinions","tag-peter-schiff","tag-rwa"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"198","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"Peter Schiff faces criticism from Binance's CZ over new RWA product.","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90243","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=90243"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90243\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":90245,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90243\/revisions\/90245"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/90244"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=90243"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=90243"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=90243"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}