Author: zhou, ChainCatcher
On November 10th, a chart comparing the number of followers of Binance's X account ignited heated discussions in the crypto community. Binance founder Changpeng Zhao (CZ) unfollowed over 300 people from his X account in less than two months. This number, far exceeding routine maintenance, was seen as a precise cleanup, uncovering a hidden yet once extremely active gray market: accounts followed by CZ were publicly traded for tens of thousands of dollars.
Image source: X user @_FORAB
According to the encrypted data statistics platform RootData, on November 8-9, CZ unfollowed a batch of accounts, including BakerySwap and ReachMe, which were once active projects on the BNB chain.
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