“I don’t hold a grudge or anything, right? I just want to help grow cryptocurrencies anywhere in the world, and to do that, we need to help grow cryptocurrencies in the United States.”
The Canadian citizen said he will not participate at any level in American politics, despite his industry’s growing reputation for political campaigning and influence. But he supports the United States’ goal of being the crypto capital of the world, and attended the interview during a trip to Washington.
In the meantime, it focuses on early backing of “high-impact companies that may not be very profitable companies.” So far, his criminal justice experience hasn’t been a drag on those relationships.
“I had guys apologize to me because they had a misunderstanding before,” CZ recalled. “They said, ‘Well, I thought there was some financial fraud.'”
If anything, he said, it has been helpful.
“Sometimes it really works as an advantage,” he said. “It kind of strengthens your character that you went through this really difficult and unfair time, and they did testing and scrutiny, but they didn’t really find any real problems. Well, there was a violation of the BSA, which I don’t dispute, but there’s no fraud.”
