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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.

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.

https://www.wsj.com/finance/currencies/trump-pardons-convicted-binance-founder-7509bd63

#crypto #cryptocurrency #USpol #USpolitics

WSJ headline: Trump Pardons Convicted Binance Founder
Subhead: Pardon follows months of efforts by Changpeng Zhao to boost Trump crypto company — WSJ headline: Trump Pardons Convicted Binance Founder Subhead: Pardon follows months of efforts by Changpeng Zhao to boost Trump crypto company

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@derherrfreitag@bonn.social replied · 3 days ago

@molly0xfff Best gouvernement you can buy. 🙄

NeverFiftyOne

@NeverFiftyOne@mastodon.social replied · 3 days ago

@molly0xfff
The Criminal in Chief pardoning more criminals. You will enjoy this parody of Space Oddity featuring Chump.https://youtu.be/X1dwr4GoymE

PKPs Powerfromspace1

@Powerfromspace1@mstdn.social replied · 3 days ago

@molly0xfff how things work now in Gangster America

T2R

@T2R@infosec.exchange replied · 3 days ago

@molly0xfff
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Shy Guy with Empathy

@Arsene_Lupin_80@mastodon.social replied · 3 days ago

@molly0xfff Donnie is the man who says he is fighting drug cartels at the Caribbean, yet in january he released Ross Ulbritch fully pardoned. So cryptic 😆

https://fortune.com/crypto/2025/01/22/ross-ulbricht-pardon-bitcoin-fortune-forfeiture/

Fortune Crypto

Ross Ulbricht is free and would be a billionaire—but the U.S. sold his Bitcoins for $334 each | Fortune Crypto

Ulbricht’s conviction has been wiped out, but his 144,000 Bitcoins are long gone.

Signor Q. 🦩

@electricfusionQ@muenchen.social replied · 3 days ago

@molly0xfff Reminds me on a joke:
A banker, a citizen and a immigrant are sitting around a table. There´s a plate w/ 10 cookies in the middle.
The banker takes nine and says to the citizen: "Pay attention, the immigrant is about to steal your cookie."

Toni Aittoniemi

@gimulnautti@mastodon.green replied · 3 days ago

@molly0xfff criminals bailing out criminals

Pax Ahimsa Gethen

@funcrunch@me.dm replied · 3 days ago

@molly0xfff

Here's a non-paywalled article on the pardon from The Guardian, for those who don't have access to the WSJ:

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/oct/23/binance-trump-pardon-changpeng-zhao

the Guardian

Trump pardons founder of Binance, world’s largest crypto exchange

Changpeng Zhao pleaded guilty to failing to stop money laundering in 2023 and was sentenced to four months

Flowermob

@Flowermob@mastodon.social replied · 3 days ago

@molly0xfff #GOP #GOPkleptocracy

xs4me2

@xs4me2@mastodon.social replied · 3 days ago

@molly0xfff

The Trump Administration is a criminal organization...

draNgNon

@draNgNon@hachyderm.io replied · 4 days ago

@molly0xfff ngl this is extremely upsetting

Ben

@ben444@mastodon.online replied · 4 days ago

@molly0xfff It's so hard to understand how this can happen. Does nobody care? Why does nobody do anything about this? This feels extremely criminal.

lemgandi

@lemgandi@mastodon.social replied · 4 days ago

@molly0xfff Also CF: _Going Infinite: The Rise and Fall of a New Tycoon ( Michael Lewis, Norton & Co, 2023 )

David Abravanel

@dhla@hachyderm.io replied · 4 days ago

@molly0xfff somehow, however corrupt I expect this to be, it’s always 2-3 levels worse/more out in the open.

FinchHaven sfba

@FinchHaven@sfba.social replied · 4 days ago

@molly0xfff

[begins to type my " #Trump has never suffered any consequences for his conduct" boilerplate]

Ah, fuck it...

Why bother?

MeaningfulBits.eth

@MeaningfulBits@mastodon.social replied · 4 days ago

@molly0xfff Diddy is next. He's building a ballroom for the release party.

Was Changpeng in jail? I thought he was a Chinese national who was recalled after serving like 4 months in the slammer.

Molly White

@molly0xfff@hachyderm.io replied · 4 days ago

@MeaningfulBits he served four months and was released about a year ago. he lives in the UAE

MeaningfulBits.eth

@MeaningfulBits@mastodon.social replied · 4 days ago

@molly0xfff so what was the pardon for? Can he visit the states now? Is it allowed to run a US business?

Molly White

@molly0xfff@hachyderm.io replied · 3 days ago

@MeaningfulBits it will ease things for Binance establishing more of a US presence, and for the Trumps in doing business with them. it could also potentially help CZ return as CEO to Binance

GadgetGav

@gadgetgav@mas.to replied · 4 days ago

@molly0xfff Wow. It’s all just so blatant and on display. I guess they learned the lesson of “it’s not the crime, it’s the cover up that gets you”.

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@akash44@mstdn.social replied · 4 days ago

@molly0xfff

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