From $9.6K to $282K: Trader Profits by Watching CZ’s Wallet Moves
TL;DR
- A trader turned roughly $9,600 into $282,000 after monitoring CZ’s public wallet and buying MARSCOIN immediately after a token burn.
- The trader paid about $9.90 in gas to secure priority in the next BNB Chain block.
- CZ later said he would stop using the wallet after traders interpreted routine token-cleanup transactions as market signals.
A trader converted roughly $9,600 into about $282,000 in less than five hours by tracking Changpeng “CZ” Zhao’s public wallet and reacting almost instantly to a MARSCOIN burn on BNB Chain. The trade highlights how on-chain transparency can create opportunities for fast-moving crypto traders while also exposing the risks of treating wallet activity as an investment signal.
This trader made $282K in just a few hours — a 29x return — by monitoring CZ's wallet!
How did he do it?
1/ Here's his strategy. pic.twitter.com/UcUWXPNJPV
- Lookonchain (@lookonchain) August 17, 2026
CZ’s Wallet Move Triggered A Rapid Trade
At 08:12:55 UTC on August 16, CZ’s wallet sent 4,444 MARSCOIN tokens to a burn address. One second later, wallet 0x30f1…da577 purchased about 84.6 million MARSCOIN with 16 BNB, worth approximately $9,600 at the time.
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