beside the point, but can you imagine how mad SBF will be when he hears the news? he's sitting in prison for another 20 years, but the President just pardoned the other crypto criminal who he blames for his own company's collapse

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.

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.

Former Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao has been ordered to surrender his Canadian passport. His bond conditions have also been updated to reflect previous rulings prohibiting him from leaving the US.

Order in US v. Zhao.