{"id":17662,"date":"2025-03-13T18:01:56","date_gmt":"2025-03-13T18:01:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=17662"},"modified":"2025-03-13T18:01:56","modified_gmt":"2025-03-13T18:01:56","slug":"trump-family-in-talks-for-stake-in-binance-as-changpeng-zhao-seeks-presidential-pardon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=17662","title":{"rendered":"Trump Family In Talks For Stake In Binance As Changpeng Zhao Seeks Presidential Pardon"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/finance\/currencies\/trump-family-has-held-deal-talks-with-binance-following-crypto-exchanges-guilty-plea-05b029fa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">reported<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> that the representatives of US President Donald Trump\u2019s family held discussions with Binance about potentially acquiring a stake in the world\u2019s largest cryptocurrency exchange.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">On 13 March 2025, the WSJ said that Binance reached out to Trump\u2019s family representatives in 2024, offering a business deal as part of a broader strategy to resume Binance. This move also comes at a time when Binance ex-CEO Changpeng Zhao is looking for a Presidential pardon.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Criticizing the report, Zhao said, \u201cNo felon would mind a pardon, especially being the only one in US history who was ever sentenced to prison for a single BSA charge.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The WSJ report also suggested that Trump might acquire a stake in Binance or use his crypto venture, World Liberty Financial (WLFI), for a similar deal.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/15.0.3\/72x72\/26a1.png\" alt=\"\u26a1\" class=\"wp-smiley\" style=\"height: 1em; max-height: 1em;\"> BREAKING: Trump Family Has Been in Talks for Stake in Crypto Exchange Binance, Sources Say \u2013 WSJ<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%24BNB&amp;src=ctag&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">$BNB<\/a> &gt; 600 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/fyP4brUZOw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/fyP4brUZOw<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 HodlFM Team (@Hodl_fm) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Hodl_fm\/status\/1900171645714649539?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">March 13, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">EXPLORE:\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/cryptocurrency\/best-ai-crypto-coins\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">10 Best AI Crypto Coins to Invest in 2025<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>Trump And Zhao Criticize TSJ<\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">4. Sorry to disappoint. The WSJ article got the facts wrong.<\/p>\n<p>More than 20 people have told me they were asked by the WSJ (and another media), &#8220;Can you confirm that CZ made some deal for a pardon?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>They probably asked hundreds of people to have 20 people reach out to me. In\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ELyDPmKD3G\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/t.co\/ELyDPmKD3G<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 CZ <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/15.0.3\/72x72\/1f536.png\" alt=\"\ud83d\udd36\" class=\"wp-smiley\" style=\"height: 1em; max-height: 1em;\"> BNB (@cz_binance) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cz_binance\/status\/1900194883891322948?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">March 13, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">For Binance, this potential partnership represents a critical opportunity to re-enter the US market after facing significant regulatory challenges.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Zhao, who served four months in prison in the US after pleading guilty to violating anti-money laundering requirements, has been pushing for the Trump administration to grant him a pardon. In the past, the company\u2019s US arm saw its market share plummet from 27% to just over 1% following regulatory actions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Reportedly, Steve Witkoff, a long time Trump friend who serves as his special envoy to the Middle East, has been involved in the negotiations.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Meanwhile, Trump has criticized the WSJ. \u201cThe Globalist Wall Street Journal has no idea what they are doing or saying. They are owned by the polluted thinking of the European Union, which was formed for the primary purpose of \u2018screwing\u2019 the United States of America,\u201d Trump wrote on Truth Social.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">EXPLORE:\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/analysis\/crypto-forecast-best-crypto\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">10 Coins with High Returns: Crypto Forecast 2025<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">    <\/p>\n<div class=\"nnbtc-key-takeaways\">\n<h3 class=\"nnbtc-key-takeaways__title\">Key Takeaways<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">    <\/p>\n<ul class=\"nnbtc-key-takeaways__list\">\n        <\/ul>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">    <\/p>\n<li class=\"nnbtc-key-takeaways__list-item\">\n        US President Donald Trump\u2019s family may have held discussions with Binance about potentially acquiring a stake in the world\u2019s largest cryptocurrency exchange.<\/li>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n    <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">    <\/p>\n<li class=\"nnbtc-key-takeaways__list-item\">\n        <\/li>\n<p><\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Trump might acquire a stake in Binance or use his crypto venture, World Liberty Financial (WLFI), for a similar deal.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n    <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n    <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">    <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>    <\/span><\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/guides\/trump-family-in-talks-for-stake-in-binance-as-founder-seeks-presidential-pardon\/\">Trump Family In Talks For Stake In Binance As Changpeng Zhao Seeks Presidential Pardon<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/\">99Bitcoins<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported that the representatives of US President Donald Trump\u2019s family held discussions with Binance about potentially acquiring a stake in the world\u2019s largest cryptocurrency exchange. On 13 March 2025, the WSJ said that Binance reached out to Trump\u2019s family representatives in 2024, offering a business deal as part of a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[3,4,5],"class_list":["post-17662","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-crypto","tag-doge","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17662","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=17662"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17662\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17662"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17662"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17662"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}