In a provocative statement, laced with sarcasm, Changpeng Zhao, known as CZ, the co-founder and former CEO of Binance, suggested that President Donald Trump and Bitcoin’s (BTC) creator, Satoshi Nakamoto, could be the same 0 came in the wake of a presidential pardon granted to CZ, as announced by White House Press Secretary Karoline 1 pardon was described as an exercise of President Trump’s constitutional authority, aimed at addressing charges brought against Zhao by the Biden Administration during its crackdown on the crypto 2 Founder Links Trump To Bitcoin’s Creator CZ’s comments followed a statement from President Trump, who remarked, “Let me just tell you that he was somebody that, as I was told, I don’t know him, I don’t believe I’ve ever met him … he had a lot of support, and they said that what he did is not even a crime.” Related Reading: HYPE Soars Beyond $40 Following Robinhood Listing: What’s Next For Hyperliquid’s Price?
CZ later took to social media platform X (formerly Twitter), acknowledging Trump’s comment about not having met him, adding, “It would be my honor 3 Trump and 4 be the same person.” In 2023, the founder of the crypto exchange Binance served a four-month prison sentence after pleading guilty to charges related to anti-money laundering (AML) violations, and he was released in September 5 Raised By Democratic Critics Despite their statements, some critics from the Democratic Party have pointed to investments between YZi Labs and the Trump family’s World Liberty Financial (WFLI) as a potential 6 Reading: Volatility Loading: Dogecoin Eyes Explosive Path To $3 Trump has been a skeptic of cryptocurrencies, particularly Bitcoin (BTC).
However, since his presidential campaign last year, he has shifted towards supporting pro-crypto regulations, which have contributed to the growth and adoption of digital assets in the 7 image from Bloomberg, chart from 8
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