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1 week agoTrump pardons Binance founder Changpeng Zhao two years after the crypto billionaire's guilty plea | Fortune Crypto
President Donald Trump has pardoned Changpeng Zhao, the founder of the world's largest crypto exchange Binance, the White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt confirmed to Fortune on Thursday. "President Trump exercised his constitutional authority by issuing a pardon for Mr. Zhao, who was prosecuted by the Biden Administration in their war on cryptocurrency," she said in a statement. The Wall Street Journal first broke the news, reporting that Trump signed the pardon on Wednesday.
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