Activity tagged "Trump administration"

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Donald Trump has pardoned Binance founder Changpeng Zhao. Binance has been a major supporter of Trump's crypto projects, and Trump has already made millions after Binance accepted a $2 billion investment from an Emirati fund denominated in the Trump family's USD1 stablecoin.

WSJ headline: Trump Pardons Convicted Binance Founder

One of the people CZ hired to lobby for the pardon is Teresa Goody Guillén, a lawyer who has simultaneously represented the Trump World Liberty Financial project. She's also lobbied on behalf of Binance on crypto-related topics.

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“"Anna, Lindsey Halligan Here."”.

Anna Bower in Lawfare. Published October 20, 2025.

My Signal exchange with the interim U.S. attorney about the Letitia James grand jury.

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“Opinion | World Liberty Financial Is a Powerful Vehicle for Those Seeking Influence”.

Jacob Silverman in The New York Times. Published October 17, 2025.

Trump's crypto windfall represents a mixing of personal and government interests at an unprecedented scale.

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Issue 94 – Backdoor deals

The UAE’s chair of the sovereign wealth fund, Tahnoun bin Zayed Al Nahyan, sits with President Trump in the Oval Office

Trump is still corrupt, a core developer warns bitcoin won’t survive an upcoming code change, and crypto lenders are ratcheting up leverage like it’s 2022.

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Issue 93 – Undermining deregulation

David Sacks, Donald Trump, and Bo Hines pose for a photo in the Oval Office. Trump is seated at the Resolute Desk, the others stand to either side.

Democratic lawmakers sound corruption alarms while crypto PACs gear up for the midterms

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Trump Jr.-advised prediction markets invite bets on president’s demise

A photo of Donald Trump Jr. gesturing with his arms out, superimposed over a Polymarket prediction market on “Trump out as President”

President Trump’s deregulatory agenda emboldened prediction markets to push boundaries around permitted event contracts. Now sites advised by his son are allowing bets on his death.

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As he builds US power, Justin Sun fights to control his story

A photograph of Justin Sun, superimposed over a gavel and an image of the Bloomberg Billionaires Index entry

A crypto billionaire who once feared arrest in the US is now a Trump business adviser and White House guest. His lawsuit against Bloomberg reveals what he doesn't want Americans to know about his crypto fortune.

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Issue 90 – Crime szn bro

Screenshot of I Think You Should Leave episode, where the focus group man states “Oh my God, he admit it!”

The Trump administration cracks down on software to limit surveillance of crypto transactions, while celebrating a “deregulatory blitz” tailored for its billionaire benefactors

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“Deleting Tech Enforcement - Public Citizen”.

Rick Claypool in Public Citizen. Published August 13, 2025.

In six months, the Trump administration has already withdrawn or halted enforcement actions against 165 corporations of all types – and one in four of the corporations benefiting from halted or dropped enforcement is from the technology sector, which has spent $1.2 billion on political influence during and since the 2024 elections.

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Sundog, a memecoin by crypto billionaire Justin Sun, just posted a meme depicting the its mascot controlling the White House. Sun has spent (or will shortly spend) a total of $213 million on Trump-connected crypto projects. h/t Cryptadamist

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