Billionaire has 5-word response to Elon Musk's Tesla chart

Billionaire has 5-word response to Elon Musk's Tesla chart

Arjun Parashar

Mon, September 7, 2026 at 8:35 PM GMT+3 2 min read

• BNB-USD -1.13%
• TSLA -5.92%

Binance founder Changpeng "CZ" Zhao had a five-word response on Sept. 7 to a chart comparing the long-term performance of BNB with Elon Musk's Tesla stock.

"TSLA is not easy to beat," Zhao wrote on X.

He was responding to a post by crypto commentator Momo comparing the BNB-to-Tesla share price ratio at yearly snapshots since BNB launched in 2017.

The comparison showed BNB outperforming Tesla in most of the observed July snapshots.

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Zhao is the founder and former CEO of Binance, the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume. BNB, originally launched through Binance in July 2017, is now the native token of BNB Chain and is used for transaction fees and other applications across its ecosystem.

BNB was trading around $746 on Sept. 7, giving it a market capitalization of about $99.2 billion and ranking it as the fourth-largest cryptocurrency, according to data by Decibel .

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The chart measures how many Tesla shares one BNB token could theoretically buy, based simply on the market prices of both assets.

The BNB/TSLA ratio began near 0.005 around BNB's launch in 2017.

It rose above 1 in 2019, fell back below that level during periods including 2020 and 2022, and reached about 2.5 in the July 2024 and 2025 snapshots.

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The ratio stood around 1.88 in July 2026 and approximately 2.10 when the chart was posted, meaning one BNB was worth just over twice the price of one Tesla share.

The post asked where the ratio could stand by 2030, prompting Zhao's acknowledgment that Tesla remains a difficult benchmark.

Tesla has been one of Wall Street's biggest long-term wealth creators. Its shares closed at $354.08 on Sept. 4, giving the electric vehicle maker a market capitalization of roughly $1.4 trillion.

Musk's relationship with crypto has generally been supportive rather than adversarial.

Tesla continues to hold 11,509 Bitcoin on its balance sheet, worth about $914 million at current prices, while SpaceX has disclosed holdings of 18,712 BTC.

Musk has personally voiced support for Bitcoin, Ether and particularly Dogecoin over the years, making the BNB-versus-Tesla comparison an unusual crossover between two of the past decade's highest-profile technology and crypto investments.

At the time of writing, BNB was trading near $746, down about 0.6% over 24 hours, while Tesla shares last closed at $354.08, down 5.9% in their latest trading session.

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