Trump’s White House Business Shindig Will Be a Cesspool of Financial Conflicts
Sipa via AP Images Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Donald Trump will welcome the leaders of major cryptocurrency and prediction-market companies to the White House on Wednesday to discuss how they should be regulated—a potential make-or-break moment for nascent industries that have struggled to establish themselves as credible and legal. As it happens, Trump himself is a crypto and prediction-market leader.
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- ▪Donald Trump will welcome the leaders of major cryptocurrency and prediction-market companies to the White House on Wednesday to discuss how they should be regulated—a potential make-or-break moment for nascent industries that have struggle
- ▪As it happens, Trump himself is a crypto and prediction-market leader.
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Sipa via AP Images Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Donald Trump will welcome the leaders of major cryptocurrency and prediction-market companies to the White House on Wednesday to discuss how they should be regulated—a potential make-or-break moment for nascent industries that have struggled to establish themselves as credible and legal. As it happens, Trump himself is a crypto and prediction-market leader. The president and his adult children are major investors in both industries. In the past, presidents have divested from their business interests while serving, or have taken pains to distance themselves from any involvement. During his second term, Trump has done essentially the opposite.
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