Bitcoin traders are eyeing a gradual pullback after all-time highs, CZ refutes WSJ claim of ties to World Liberty Financial: Hodler’s Digest Binance co-founder and former CEO Changpeng CZ Zhao has pushed back against a report in The Wall Street Journal, calling it a hit piece filled with inaccuracies and negative assumptions. In an X post, Zhao criticized the publications portrayal of his alleged involvement with World Liberty Financial, the decentralized finance project backed by a business entity affiliated with US President Donald Trump. Trumps sons Eric and Donald Jr. are involved in the management of the company. Zhao said the WSJ article portrayed him as acting as a fixer for the World Liberty Financial team and its co-founder Zach Witkoff during foreign trips. Read more
Pavel Durov is a keynote speaker at the Human Rights Foundation's Oslo Freedom Forum, a summit for universal human rights and autonomy. Telegram co-founder Pavel Durov will not be physically attending the Oslo Freedom Forum in Oslo, Norway, after French courts denied his request to travel to the Scandinavian country. According to an announcement from the Human Rights Foundation (HRF) — a non-profit organization that advocates for universal human rights and individual liberty, and the host of the Oslo Freedom Forum — Durov will still deliver his keynote address remotely over a livestream. “It is unfortunate that French courts would block Mr. Durov from participating in an event where his voice is so needed,” HRF founder and CEO Thor Halvorssen said. Read more