Freedom of Money: What CZ's Prison Memoir Actually Reveals — And What It Carefully Avoids
Changpeng Zhao wrote most of his 457-page memoir inside a federal prison facility. He released it on April 8, 2026, with all proceeds going to charity. It is the most detailed first-person account of Binance's rise — and of the events that ended his tenure as CEO. The book is candid where candor is safe. Where it is not, it is carefully constructed. Both things are worth understanding.