CZ denies report X paid He Yi nearly $300K in two months

The exchange itself is the story here, not the dollar figure: a public denial from CZ about creator payouts shows how quickly unverified screenshots or posts about platform economics become reputational issues for figures with large followings. The asymmetry is notable — the claim about He Yi was rebutted, while the question about CZ's own X earnings went unanswered, which tends to keep the topic alive rather than close it. Whether the original poster or others produce sourcing behind the figure is the open question, and whether CZ addresses his own earnings is the second.