Changpeng Zhao (CZ) just lately took to the X social media community to share a photograph of himself with Michael Saylor on X shortly after their first in-person assembly at Binance Blockchain Week in Dubai.
The face-to-face assembly between the 2 crypto titans came about shortly after Saylor’s presentation.
Saylor attended Binance Blockchain Week in Dubai as a keynote speaker. That is his first-ever talking look at a crypto occasion within the UAE.
He delivered a significant presentation titled “The Simple Case for Bitcoin. In the course of the presentation, urging the viewers to not worry market volatility, he pointed to Bitcoin’s rising institutional and world adoption, and in contrast its buying and selling energy and vitality consumption to giants like Google, Microsoft, and even the US Navy. Saylor additionally mentioned MicroStrategy’s ongoing Bitcoin technique.
Following his keynote, he participated in a reside neighborhood AMA session. The occasion additionally gave him the chance to lastly meet CZ in individual after years of on-line alignment.
In the meantime, CZ and longtime gold advocate Peter Schiff had a fiery debate about Bitcoin, which has attracted loads of consideration on social media.
Two crypto giants
Each Saylor and CZ have been towering figures inside the cryptocurrency neighborhood for years.
Their connection traces again to the early 2020s, when each emerged as main voices throughout Bitcoin’s unstable cycles. CZ repeatedly voiced robust help for Saylor’s aggressive accumulation technique at Technique (previously MicroStrategy). When many questioned the knowledge of shopping for extra amid plunging costs, CZ publicly defended Saylor.
Their messaging usually overlapped on Bitcoin’s shortage, its superiority as a retailer of worth over conventional belongings like gold or fiat currencies, and its position in constructing a extra reliable monetary future.
On social media, they might additionally amplify one another’s posts.
This on-line camaraderie prolonged into real-world collaboration in 2025, when each have been appointed as advisors to Pakistan’s Crypto Council, working alongside one another to information the nation’s formidable plans for a strategic Bitcoin reserve.
Now, the 2 crypto titans have lastly shared their first photograph.