Regulatory & Legal - Crypto exchange Binance founder Changpeng Zhao received a pardon from President Donald Trump after conviction on money laundering charges and sanctions violations [1] Business & Industry Impact - Changpeng Zhao reportedly worked to boost the Trump family's World Liberty Financial crypto business after Trump's election [1]

Regulatory Compliance - Changpeng Zhao pleaded guilty to enabling money laundering while running the cryptocurrency exchange [1] - Changpeng Zhao served four months in prison last year [1]

Legal & Regulatory - The President issued a pardon for the founder of a major cryptocurrency exchange [1] - President Trump pardoned Zhao Changpeng, the founder of Binance [2] - Zhao Changpeng pleaded guilty to charges related to money laundering in 2023 [3] - The White House press secretary stated the charges against Zhao Changpeng were prosecuted by the Biden administration [2] - The White House claims the Biden administration's actions severely damaged the United States' reputation in cryptocurrency [3] Cryptocurrency Market Impact - The president's family and Steve Wickoff have ventured into cryptocurrency [3] - The Trump Organization has been heavily involved in cryptocurrency ventures [3]

Regulatory Compliance & Legal - Binance co-founder Changpeng Zhao received a pardon from President Donald Trump after jail sentence [1] - The jail sentence was due to failing to safeguard the crypto exchange against money laundering [1]

Regulatory & Compliance - Coinbase urges US government to embrace blockchain analytics and AI to fight increasingly sophisticated money laundering schemes [1]

Sanctioned by the U.S. and U.K., rouble-backed stablecoin A7A5 appeared as a platinum sponsor at Singapore’s TOKEN2049 with its own booth. Launched in January by Russian defense-linked firms, A7A5 is accused of helping evade sanctions. Reuters said TOKEN2049 removed A7A5’s listings after inquiry. Elliptic reports over $70.8B in transfers since launch, mostly across Asia, Africa, and Latin America.https://t.co/GTinDAvhm9 ...

And joining us now is NBC News chief Capitol Hill correspondent Ryan Nobles. NBC News justice reporter Ryan Riley and MSNBC legal analyst and former assistant Manhattan District Attorney Katherine Christian. Ryan Noble, start us off.A lot of developments today as it relates to this push for answers in the Epstein case. What's the very latest there on the Hill. Well, and I think you're right that there was perhaps some hope among high-ranking Republicans that the long August recess would lead to this Epstein ...

The best way Ghislaine Maxwell could think of to describe how Jeffrey Epstein made money was... an example about Epstein laundering money for the Sinaloa drug cartel, helping one drug cartel get money from another drug cartel... https://t.co/YNy3hwKn3z ...

🔥 FLASHBACK: Fink called $BTC an 'index of money laundering' in 2017.Now they manage $57.4B worth of it. https://t.co/oWXCqSO7hL ...

Jury Convicts Tornado Cash’s Roman Storm On One Charge, Deadlocks On OthersTornado Cash co-founder Roman Storm was found guilty of operating an unlicensed money transmitting business, but jurors deadlocked on more serious charges of money laundering and sanctions evasion.The case centered on whether Storm could be held responsible for illicit use of Tornado Cash—a privacy protocol he helped create but did not control.Prosecutors argued he knowingly enabled money laundering, while the defense claimed Storm w ...