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Former Binance CEO Changpeng ‘CZ’ Zhao is mulling over the crypto community’s offer to turn his dog into a meme coin. On Feb. 13, CZ replied to a series of posts on X by crypto traders asking for the name and photo of his pet dog, which he revealed is a Belgian Malinois breed. He then began to question how the meme coin transformation process worked and how people can identify which meme coin is official. “Got the answers now. Pretty interesting how things work. Will mull it over for a day or so, as usual for big decisions,” said CZ in a follow-up post, after he received several explanations from other traders on the social media app. https://twitter.com/cz_binance/status/1889746299068555519 He jokingly told his followers that he would take the time to consider his dog’s “privacy” in case the meme coin traders decide to turn on his pet and “dox the dog for the cause.” CZ added that he has decided to interact with some of the meme coins launched on the BNB Chain (BNB). The crypto community has been known to launch several meme coins based on the pets of crypto industry leaders. One example is the meme coin transformation of Len Sassaman’s cats Sasha and Odin, as many suspected the late cryptographer to be Bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto leading up to the HBO documentary that vowed to expose Satoshi’s identity. An old Elon Musk post featuring a picture of a Shiba Inu and a caption stating he would name it “Floki” led to the creation of the FLOKI (FLOKI) meme coin bearing the image Musk posted. Did CZ have a change of heart for meme coins? One X user responded to CZ’s sudden fascination with meme coins by bringing up a post he made in November 2024, when he…

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Filed under: News - @ February 13, 2025 12:27 pm