Hurun Rich List: Zhao Changpeng's wealth increased by 90 billion yuan compared to last year, reaching 135 billion yuan
ChainCatcher news, according to the Hurun Baifu WeChat official account, the Hurun Research Institute has released the "2024 Hengchang Shaofang · Hurun Rich List," with Binance's former CEO Zhao Changpeng ranking 16th on the list with a wealth of 135 billion yuan.
The article mentions that although Zhao Changpeng was arrested in California last year and has paid over 7 billion dollars in fines, his wealth has still increased by 90 billion yuan compared to last year (ranking 2nd in the list of the most wealth growth), reaching 135 billion yuan, mainly due to the increase in total trading volume of virtual currencies over the past year, with the price of Bitcoin rising 130% compared to the same period last year, reaching 65,000 dollars.
In addition, the market value of the virtual currency exchange Coinbase has increased from 19 billion dollars to 46 billion dollars, more than doubling. It is reported that Zhao Changpeng from Binance just made the list in 2018, and now his wealth has also surpassed 100 billion.