When Changpeng Zhao (CZ) says “Crypto never needed a bailout, never will,” he’s making a strong philosophical and structural statement about how the industry is designed.
Here’s the reasoning behind it:
1. No Central Authority to Rescue
Traditional finance relies on central banks like the Federal Reserve to print money and bail out failing banks (think 2008). Crypto, especially networks like Bitcoin, operates without a central authority. There’s no “money printer” to step in and that’s intentional.
2. Built on Transparency
Blockchains are public ledgers. Projects collapse not because the system requires bailouts, but because companies mismanage funds. When firms like FTX failed, the protocol itself didn’t break centralized actors did.
3. Market-Driven Cleansing
Crypto markets are brutally efficient. Bad leverage gets liquidated. Weak projects die. Capital reallocates. Unlike traditional finance, losses are realized quickly instead of being socialized through taxpayer-funded rescues.
4. Self-Custody Principle
Crypto’s core idea is self-sovereignty “not your keys, not your coins.” If users hold their own assets, systemic risk from intermediaries drops dramatically.
CZ’s statement reflects crypto’s ideology: decentralization, transparency, and survival through volatility not government intervention.
It’s less about price stability and more about structural independence.
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