ItInsightsWorld | Changpeng Zhao Answers Elon Musk After X Emoji Reply Over SpaceX Stake

The trouble has not fully cleared for Changpeng Zhao. This time, the interaction came from Elon Musk, the world's richest man, and it arrived in a public reply thread on the social platform X.

From a Bankman-Fried screenshot to a frowning emoji

Under Zhao's post reassuring users and promising compensation, one X user attached a screenshot of a similar statement once made by Bankman-Fried, the notorious crypto figure who was formerly Zhao's rival. Elon Musk then responded to that reply with a frowning emoji.

Five hours later, Zhao's direct request

Five hours after Musk's reaction, Zhao answered directly. “Elon, I deeply respect you, but this is not a time for jokes,” he wrote. “Please don't do this.”

“You over-read this situation”

Zhao said he understood the apparent support behind Musk's response. “I know you love us and always support us, but you over-read this situation, and in a bad way,” he wrote.

The SpaceX stake explained in figures

He also set out the numerical point behind the concern. “Our SpaceX stake is now worth more than $1 billion; those shares came from the $500 million we put in when you acquired Twitter,” Zhao said.

That clarification turns a brief emoji exchange into a public explanation of a stake whose value, source and scale were laid out by Changpeng Zhao in figures.