{"id":32807,"date":"2026-09-25T21:31:32","date_gmt":"2026-09-25T20:31:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/investx.fr\/en\/2026\/09\/25\/cz-denies-influencing-bitcoin-price-3-trillion-crypto-market\/"},"modified":"2026-09-25T21:31:37","modified_gmt":"2026-09-25T20:31:37","slug":"cz-denies-influencing-bitcoin-price-3-trillion-crypto-market","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/investx.fr\/en\/crypto-news\/cz-denies-influencing-bitcoin-price-3-trillion-crypto-market\/","title":{"rendered":"CZ Denies Moving Bitcoin’s Price and Sees a $3 Trillion Crypto Market ‘Far From Saturated’"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A tweet posted by Changpeng Zhao<\/strong> on August 19 preceded a Bitcoin<\/strong> rally of 20% by just a few hours. Coincidence or manipulation? The founder of Binance<\/strong> responds without mincing his words.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Beyond the controversy, CZ delivers a substantive analysis of the current state of the crypto market<\/strong> \u2014 and his verdict is unambiguous: $3 trillion in market cap, and yet, barely the beginning.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Between denying market influence, sharing a long-term vision, and assessing the potential for global adoption, CZ’s message deserves to be carefully unpacked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One Tweet, a 20% Rally: CZ Dismisses Accusations of Influencing Bitcoin<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The timing was, to say the least, unsettling. On August 19<\/strong>, Changpeng Zhao<\/strong> published a tweet \u2014 and within hours, Bitcoin<\/strong><\/a> surged by nearly 20%<\/strong>, just ahead of Donald Trump<\/strong>‘s speech at a highly anticipated crypto summit. The community was quick to draw a connection, with some accusing CZ of deliberate market moving<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The former Binance<\/strong> CEO’s response is blunt: “The short answer is no. I don’t move markets.”<\/em> CZ points out that he no longer has the institutional levers he once held at the helm of Binance<\/strong>, and that his Twitter following, however large, is not enough to generate a price move of that magnitude on an asset as liquid as Bitcoin<\/strong>. He also notes that the rally coincided with a clearly identifiable macroeconomic catalyst \u2014 Trump<\/strong>‘s intervention \u2014 which is more than sufficient to explain the move without invoking his tweet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This clarification comes at a time when scrutiny of influential figures in the crypto space has intensified. Regulators, including the SEC<\/strong>, are closely monitoring public statements that could affect asset prices. CZ, who recently served a prison sentence in the United States for anti-money laundering violations at Binance<\/strong>, has every reason to avoid fuelling this kind of controversy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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$3 Trillion and a Crypto Market ‘Far From Saturated’: CZ’s Thesis<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Beyond the controversy surrounding his tweet, CZ used the moment to share his vision of the crypto market<\/strong>‘s potential. His conclusion: a global market cap of $3 trillion represents only a tiny fraction of what the sector can ultimately achieve.<\/strong> In his view, the market is still in an early adoption phase<\/strong>, far from the saturation point that some analysts have been suggesting following the record highs of 2024 and 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To support this thesis, CZ points to adoption pools that remain largely untapped: billions of unbanked individuals<\/strong> across Southeast Asia<\/strong>, Africa<\/strong>, and Latin America<\/strong>; traditional financial institutions that have still not allocated meaningful positions in crypto; and use cases \u2014 DeFi<\/strong>, real-world asset (RWA) tokenization<\/strong>, cross-border payments<\/strong> \u2014 that remain marginal on a global scale. The global equities market exceeds $100 trillion<\/strong>, global real estate hovers around $300 trillion<\/strong>: crypto, at $3 trillion, accounts for less than 1% of those figures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This reading aligns with that of many on-chain analysts who observe that Bitcoin<\/a>‘s Market Value to Realized Value (MVRV)<\/strong> ratio remains below the levels historically associated with cycle tops. Market sentiment, as measured by indicators such as the Fear & Greed Index<\/strong>, is still well short of the extreme euphoria zones that typically precede major corrections. For CZ, the message is clear: the entry window into the crypto market<\/a> remains open<\/strong> \u2014 though the founder is careful not to make any direct investment recommendations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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