# Binance Founder CZ Says He Declined Genius Team's Account Invitation

By Sonny Jang

Canonical URL: https://www.tokenpost.com/news/people/52466
Published: 2026-11-09T17:53:15.000Z
Updated: 2026-11-09T17:53:15.000Z
Section: People

> BNB community members separately invited him publicly and said more than 10,000 users had joined the app.

Binance founder CZ said he turned down an invitation from Genius's team to open a public account on the app, saying he expected it to bring unwanted donation requests.

That was separate from a public invitation by BNB community members, who invited him to join and said more than 10,000 BNB community users had joined Genius. The users were sharing trading ideas, following one another and offering suggestions to the team.

CZ said he had downloaded the app to look around but had not traded on it. He described himself as someone who accumulates and holds leading tokens for the long term, rather than a trader.

YZi Labs has invested in Genius, where CZ serves as an adviser. The app is compared with Pump.fun and similar products.