In the end, this saga feels less like a lawsuit and more like the opening salvo in a war for crypto’s soul. Zhou has cast the first stone, but where it lands is anyone’s guess.

One thing’s for sure—this is far from over. Strap in, folks. The crypto rollercoaster just added a few more loops.

“There’s no such thing as clean money,” an old-timer once told me. Maybe he was right. Or maybe the game just got dirtier.