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Police Say Binance Is Making It Harder to Fight Crime

Investigators in Europe said that the cryptocurrency giant Binance had made it more difficult to track down scammers and solve other crimes.

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A Binance display at the 2022 Web Summit in Lisbon.

Nearly a Million Investors Lost a Total of $3.8 Billion on Trump Crypto Coin

A report from a cryptocurrency analytics firm details how those who bought the Trump memecoin have fared, with most retail investors having lost money while sophisticated traders did better.

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Protesters outside Trump National Golf Club in Sterling, Va., ahead of a private dinner for investors in President Donald Trump’s cryptocurrency tokens last May.

Nearly a Million Investors Lost a Total of $3.8 Billion on Trump Crypto Coin

A report from a cryptocurrency analytics firm details how those who bought the Trump memecoin have fared, with most retail investors having lost money while sophisticated traders did better.

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Protesters outside Trump National Golf Club in Sterling, Va., ahead of a private dinner for investors in President Donald Trump’s cryptocurrency tokens last May.

Crypto Brought Trump a Huge Windfall, Even as Many Investors Lost Big

President Trump and his family reaped vast financial rewards from a memecoin that generated losses for hundreds of thousands of investors.

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President Trump amassed enormous wealth during the first year of his second term, with $636 million of it coming from his cryptocurrency.

Trump Pulled In About $1.4 Billion From Crypto Ventures, Financial Disclosure Shows

The release of a mandatory financial disclosure for 2025 shows that the Trump family’s holdings, particularly the president’s crypto businesses, were stunningly lucrative.

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President Trump entering the White House on Sunday. His mandatory financial disclosure report for 2025 pulled back the curtain on his secretive business operations.

U.S. Begins Investigating Polymarket, a Test of a Key Regulator

Last year, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission overruled its enforcement attorneys and killed a separate inquiry into whether the Trump-tied company was illegally serving U.S. customers.

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The Commodity Futures Trading Commission. has begun investigating Polymarket, a prediction market company tied to Donald Trump Jr.

U.S. Is Said to Be Investigating George Santos Over Kalshi Betting

The former congressman was referred to federal authorities after he bet on his own attendance at the State of the Union address, a person familiar with the matter said.

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The inquiry into former Representative George Santos is the third insider trading case to come to light in recent weeks.

How Prediction Markets and Crypto Firms Steamrolled a Watchdog Agency

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission purged its ranks, dialed back its enforcement and boosted industries in which President Trump’s family is heavily invested.

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The building in Washington that houses the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.

After Wooing Trump With Deals, Pakistan Gets a Seat at the Table

Steve Witkoff, a diplomatic envoy, used the Board of Peace to announce an agreement that could raze a Pakistan-owned Manhattan hotel. Now the country is involved in negotiating peace talks with Iran.

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The Roosevelt Hotel in New York, which is owned by Pakistan, in 2023.

S.E.C. Settles Its Case Against Justin Sun, an Investor in the Trumps’ Crypto Coins

The decision to settle the court action is particularly striking because the defendant was accused of a serious violation of securities laws. He denied the charges.

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Justin Sun, founder of the crypto platform TRON, on his way to the White House for a private tour last year. Mr. Sun threw Mr. Trump’s fledgling crypto company a cash lifeline at a time when it was struggling.

U.A.E. Firm Quietly Took Stake in the Trump Family’s Crypto Company

The $500 million agreement raises new concerns about the propriety of the president negotiating foreign policy with his own business partners.

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Zach Witkoff, left, and Eric Trump, speaking in Dubai in May. Eric Trump signed an agreement with an Emirati-backed investment firm days before his father’s inauguration in January 2025.
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