Zhao Changpeng CZ: A few months ago, he donated 10 million USD BNB to Vitalik to fund V God’s research on the DeSci project.

Binance founder Zhao Changpeng (CZ) on July 1st retweeted an article published by YZi Labs partner Jane, stating that he donated $10 million worth of BNB to Ethereum founder Vitalik Buterin a few months ago to support Vitalik's Open Source biotech project. (Background: US mortgages accept Bitcoin as collateral! CZ and Michael Saylor shout together: BTC redefines the 'American Dream') (Background supplement: Wall Street reportedly plans to invest $100 million to create a 'BNB Reserve Company' for listing, CZ reveals: more than one is doing this) Binance founder Zhao Changpeng (CZ) on July 1st retweeted an article published by YZi Labs partner Jane, stating that he donated $10 million worth of BNB to Ethereum founder Vitalik Buterin a few months ago to support Vitalik's Open Source biotech project: The best way to attract mission-driven talent is to have firm convictions yourself. Like-minded people will naturally gather together. In addition to the investments from YZi Labs, I personally donated $10 million (in BNB) to Vitalik’s 'Open Source' biotech project a few months ago. I have also privately donated to several other charities and achieved some good results. I will share some of these results soon. Moved by this post. Just doing my little part. The best way to attract mission-driven talent is having conviction yourself. Likeminded people naturally come together. On top of YZiLabs investments, I personally donated $10m (in BNB) to Vitalik a couple of months back to… — CZ BNB (@cz_binance) July 1, 2025 Crypto giant consensus: DeSci moves into the spotlight After stepping down as CEO of Binance, CZ has shown a keen interest in Decentralized Science (DeSci). He believes that traditional scientific research is constrained by bureaucratic systems and inefficient funding allocations, while DeSci can achieve transparent and efficient funding distribution through Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (DAO), breaking the monopoly of large enterprises on innovation. CZ emphasizes that DeSci is not only a technical application but also an opportunity to support open-source science and niche researchers, allowing excellent researchers who have been marginalized due to lack of funding to stand out. Ethereum founder Vitalik Buterin also views DeSci as an important way for blockchain technology to improve scientific research. He believes that DeSci can address issues such as unfair funding distribution, lack of data transparency, and flaws in peer review in traditional academia. He particularly advocates for the 'quadratic funding' mechanism, which allows projects with broad community support to receive priority funding, achieving a more democratic allocation of resources. In addition, he believes that DAOs can enable scientists to autonomously manage research projects, reduce intervention from intermediaries, and ensure fair attribution of research contributions through the transparent tracking capabilities of blockchain. Related reports Anthropic lets Claude open a store for business: but the more it sells, the more it loses, unable to resist bargaining… What blind spots did AI experiments reveal? From a scientist's perspective: Is DeSci really the future revolution of academic research? Arthur Hayes: Bitcoin expected to 'peak in March,' suggests selling and waiting for Q3, has laid out 7 major tokens in the DeSci field <Zhao Changpeng CZ: Donated $10 million BNB to Vitalik months ago to fund V God’s research on DeSci project> This article was first published in BlockTempo, the most influential blockchain news media.