White House, Trump and crypto
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Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong would meet with Senate Democrats, Republicans, and White House officials. Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong said he is heading to Washington, D.C., to meet with Senate Democrats, Republicans, and White House officials as momentum builds for long-awaited crypto market structure legislation.
Amazon, Apple, Microsoft, Google and Meta are just some of the corporate sponsors for the $300 million grand hall in the gilded style of the president’s Mar-a-Lago club.
While the Trump administration has yet to release a full list of donors, a picture of donors and companies funding the project is beginning to emerge.
Crypto giants including Ripple (CRYPTO: XRP ), Coinbase (NASDAQ: COIN ), Tether (CRYPTO: USDT ), and the Winklevoss twins' Gemini are among key donors helping fund President Donald Trump 's new White House ballroom project.
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Maddow Blog | White House struggles to defend Trump’s pardon for founder of Binance crypto exchange
Changpeng Zhao helped finance the president’s stablecoin and helped put money in the Trumps' pockets, all while lobbying for a pardon. Evidently, it worked.
Since the election, the Trump family's crypto venture has "generated more wealth ... than any other part of the president's business empire," according to the Wall Street Journal.
Trumps family crypto company, World Liberty Financial, secured $2B from the UAE, just as Trumps White House greenlit chip sales to them. Dan Abrams breaks down how Trump blurred business and policy while denying any conflict of interest.