Binance-Linked Token’s Record Cements Founder Zhao as Richest US Inmate
- Price of BNB hit a peak as Zhao began his jail sentence
- Binance’s assets have climbed considerably this year
Changpeng Zhao
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The BNB token, a cryptocurrency linked to Binance and its incarcerated co-founder Changpeng Zhao, surged to a record high in the first week of his four-month jail sentence in the US.
Its rally underscores Zhao’s status as the richest person ever to do time in a US federal lock up. Zhao reported to a prison in California on Tuesday to begin a four-month sentence for failing to properly safeguard the world’s largest crypto exchange against money laundering.