Perh

This is a personal and difficult story to share, and although many may eventually forget it, I feel compelled to tell it so others can learn from my experience. Please do not interpret this as FUD — it is simply the truth of what I went through. Before October 10, my portfolio was valued between $1 million and $1.5 million. I actively traded various BNB products and never used any exchange other than Binance. I had performed well over time — earning approximately $500,000 from the Aster trade alone — and I genuinely believed I understood the risks and rewards of the market. When Binance began promoting BNB memes, I invested heavily into $4 and BinanceLife. I opened a spot position in $4 around a $210M market cap, and in BinanceLife around $400M, eventually allocating over $1 million into these positions. My confidence partly came from seeing consistent posts from leaders and official Binance-associated accounts (@cz_binance, @BNBCHAIN, @heyibinance, @_RichardTeng) promoting memes and speaking about “a mission to make everyone financially free.” The sentiment across the ecosystem was extremely supportive, and it was hard not to believe in the narrative. When Binance launched the new meme-focused launchpad on Binance Wallet, the broader meme conversation rapidly faded. Prices across multiple meme tokens collapsed. I accept that meme investments carry significant risk, but the tokens launched directly on Binance Futures continued to decline almost without relief. At that point, I consolidated my remaining funds into $4, entering near a $100M market cap, and exited my BinanceLife position around $180M to increase my exposure. I believed $4 had the strongest long-term narrative given its symbolic connection to Binance and years of association with CZ. As the price fell further, I opened a 2× futures position, adding collateral repeatedly until the account was eventually liquidated near a $30M market cap. Because of my long-standing trust in Binance and its leadership, I made another emotional decision: I sold property worth $200,000 and opened another position in $4, which is now down approximately 50%. I continued to support the project publicly, posting daily from this account, doing everything I could to help the narrative gain traction. Today, I find myself with over $500,000 in loans, due soon, with no clear path to repayment. I still have faith in God and pray for some kind of relief — even if it is only enough to cover my debts. I am not asking for financial help from anyone; I simply want to understand how trust in the ecosystem was allowed to break this severely. There are generally two ways tokens get listed on major exchanges: •either the team provides liquidity, or •the exchange itself does. In the case of $4, because it originated from a hacker and has no formal team, I assumed Binance was providing liquidity. The consistent decline in price suggests heavy market-making activity on futures. In contrast, BinanceLife has held up better possibly due to backing from external market makers. While @Binance may distance itself publicly and state that no specific token was ever officially endorsed, the reality is that the community saw many promotional posts from figures who shape sentiment across the ecosystem. If anyone requested proof, there are countless examples available. My only question is this: Was it truly my mistake to trust the influential voices in this space? I have a young son. I worry about what the future holds for him. My story ends here. I do not intend to harm myself, nor do I believe in such actions. I only want to understand how this trust was taken advantage of, and why. $4 Might eventually do well. It might get listed, but my story ends here. Its too late for me. Thank-you so much if you read this.