CZ's "Post-Binance Era": 170 Days, 363 Tweets - Busier Than His CEO Days?

Original Article Title: "CZ is Busy: 170 Days After Release, I'm Ready to Return to the Crypto Throne"
Original Article Author: Bright, Foresight News

Back in California, CZ is busy.

It has been 170 days since his return. In nearly six months, CZ has posted a total of 363 tweets. Despite stepping down as Binance CEO in November 2023, his enthusiasm for posting, attending events, and trying new things has been even greater than when he was leading Binance.

Recently, Binance announced a $2 billion investment from the Abu Dhabi investment firm MGX. The emergence of the "cloth on the head" meme MUBARAK, along with CZ's frequent interactions, has skyrocketed to a market value of $157 million. A tweet, a BUIDL mouthful meme involving a BNB spin on the BNB Chain, has appeared on CZ, which has sparked controversy.

This inevitably raises the question—Is CZ, after relinquishing the title of "world's largest exchange platform leader," now reconstructing his industry influence network in a freer manner?

The former richest man of Chinese descent, immediately upon release, returned to his usual "technology evangelist" persona, clearly stating that he will dedicate more time and funds to charity (and education) in the future, while continuing to focus on blockchain/decentralized technology, AI, biotechnology, and other areas. In the generally sluggish VC narrative market environment, CZ did not stick to the BUIDL rhetoric but has become a qualified "BNB Community Leader" amidst the heat of memes and netizen banter.

Return to the Crypto World: From DeSci Vanguard to Meme Master

CZ's first major move upon return was to pump up the long-dormant DeSci track in the tech/racing space. The VC-inclined DeSci and Biotech layout resembled a real-world paradigm of blockchainization.

In November 24, CZ and Vitalik together attended the DeSci conference in Bangkok, instantly turning the originally niche DeSci (decentralized science) track into a hotbed of money and limelight. Subsequently, the then Binance Labs (now rebranded as Yzi Labs) announced an investment in the Bio protocol, a decentralized science finance layer project aiming to achieve data ownership in scientific research, transparent distribution of experiment funds, and commercialization sharing through blockchain technology.

Today, Yzi Labs has added a note about investing in Biotech on its website and Twitter profile. The hottest meme launch platform on the Bnb Chain, Four.meme, will also provide a DeSci tag upon token creation.

The surge in DeSci has attracted the attention of a large number of researchers. Following DeFi's attraction of traditional finance professionals and NFTs attracting artists into the Web3 arena, scientists of all sizes may also join the fray, bringing new narratives and added value to Web3.

In addition to CZ's optimism about investments in the field, more often than not, he extends his influence to new developments in the market in the name of experimentation.

Take Meme coins, for example. CZ initially openly stated that Meme coins had no real value, then admitted in an interview to Meme coins, and later observed from the sidelines as Degens competed in a frenzy of fomo over their dog Broccoli's name. He joked about TST test coins should pay a Binance Logo fee, publicly shared donation addresses sparking a meme donation trend, retweeted a controversy over a celebrity coin issued on Bnb Chain for Xiaoluo, and most recently witnessed the Abu Dhabi investment in Binance's derivative MUBARAK. It can be said that CZ's busy presence single-handedly created each high market cap Meme on the BNB Chain.

Of particular note is CZ's textbook-level operation in the MUBARAK event: On March 13, after Binance announced investment from Abu Dhabi's MGX, CZ personally retweeted the Middle Eastern-style tweet from Binance's Chinese account with the caption "mubarak". The next day, he retweeted a community-created "MUBARAK=CZ" meme image. On the 15th, he posted a dynamic image with the Mubarak character, causing the token price to skyrocket by 150% in a single day. On the 16th, by purchasing 1BNB worth of MUBARAK and TST on-chain, he directly propelled MUBARAK's market cap to exceed $1 billion.

This "tweet interaction - community creation - on-chain operation" triple-hit pattern directly converted CZ's personal influence into strong market momentum. Data shows that MUBARAK went from concept to a billion-dollar market cap in just 4 days, with a peak daily trading volume of $88.1 million, yet the liquidity pool depth was less than $5 million, fully embodying the "attention is capital" nature of the Meme economy led by CZ. This operational model contrasts sharply with the "Broccoli" naming dispute, where CZ only triggered a brief $20 million market cap surge through observing a community argument. Today, the BNB Chain Meme has evolved into a systematic flow manipulation where CZ serves as the anchor point of attention.

Although CZ has essentially distanced himself from these Meme tokens, his shift in attitude towards Memes has indeed demonstrated a change in his relationship with the community and even the entire crypto industry, providing a vivid lesson to all top KOLs on using the "attention economy" to maintain ecosystem vitality during market downturns.

Venturing into Education: The Richest Man's Social Reform Practice

However, what CZ has been most vocal about is still his re-entrepreneurship Giggle Academy. This open education platform is a strategic project in his transformation blueprint. On March 3, CZ posted, "One kid at a time, times 6000 now.," to celebrate Giggle Academy's user milestone.

Giggle Academy was launched on March 19, 2024, using blockchain technology to gamify basic education in mathematics, literature, science, physics, biology, finance, as well as programming, AI, and restructuring the learning certification system in a decentralized manner through NFTs, on-chain badges, and more.

Giggle Academy aims to address two major pain points: first, by enhancing learning retention rates through gamified design (platform data shows a 23% increase in daily learning time compared to traditional online courses), and second, by breaking the diploma inflation dilemma—when the learning process is immutably recorded, talent assessment will focus more on actual capabilities rather than diploma packaging. In an interview, CZ emphasized "it is better to teach someone to fish than to give them fish." Education is a key tool to address global inequality issues, and blockchain can provide a transparent and verifiable solution for this.

However, he also stressed that Giggle Academy will not issue tokens and will be fully supported by individual funding, nor will it adopt the traditional [Learn to earn] model of Web3 education promotion. "This may lead to many problems," he said. On March 14, CZ announced that a recommendation-based point earning mechanism will be introduced, but not in cryptocurrency. This "anti-Web3 bubble" design precisely highlights his pragmatic approach to driving technology implementation. It is evident that CZ's goal in using blockchain technology to reshape not only the learning evaluation mechanism but also the inclusive model of global education.

Crypto Leader: Seeking the Intersection of Industry and Individual

In just 170 days, CZ's daily average post count is 2.135, which has increased by 37% compared to his time as Binance CEO, with over 60% of the content involving industry trend analysis, project incubation progress, and personal investment concepts. This high-frequency interaction, rather than being seen as the leisure of "retirement life," should be viewed as a precise identity reshaping experiment—by fading the "Binance founder" label, CZ is gradually shifting his personal IP from "exchange platform tycoon" to "crypto ecosystem enabler."

Before his imprisonment, CZ, as an early cryptocurrency evangelist and the actual manager of the first centralized exchange, was constrained by industry compliance and regulatory pressure. He even explicitly stated in 2023 that he "will not invest in such projects (Meme)." This stance was closely related to the compliance image of centralized exchanges— at that time, Binance was facing global regulatory pressure and needed to keep its distance from high-risk assets. Therefore, CZ appeared more as a builder, calling on people in the industry to collectively BUIDL Web3. In fact, CZ once admitted in an interview that he had never used DeFi. Similarly, on February 23, CZ posted on X saying that it was his first time using a DEX (decentralized exchange), causing a stir.

However, when CZ was released from prison, Binance completely paid the settlement fee reached with the U.S. Department of Justice, and CZ was forced to leave the nominal Binance management, CZ, whether voluntarily or not, objectively became the biggest Kol of the BNB chain and even the entire Binance ecosystem. Even when the BNB Meme market was booming, most people's attention was squarely on CZ, hoping that he could take over from Sol to ignite the BNB Chain's ecosystem. In fact, CZ's response to Meme and involvement in the community has gradually transitioned from probing to a systematic overall layout.

However, it is undeniable that whether or not serving as Binance CEO, CZ remains inseparable from his relationship with the cryptocurrency empire he co-created. As the largest shareholder with a 90% stake, although he does not participate in daily decision-making, major strategic adjustments still require board consensus. As the founder, market overinterpretation of his remarks may trigger chain reactions. In the crypto world, there is a common saying that "profit and loss originate from the same source," and CZ's influence and resistance both come from his most successful product—Binance.

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