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Quid pro quo

Cryptocurrency companies are reaping the benefits of their contributions to Trump and other pro-crypto politicians.
CompanyBenefitContribution
Justin Sun and Tron
  • SEC enforcement case stayed pending resolution
  • Criminal investigation possibly paused
  • $75 million to purchase WLFI tokens from Trump-owned World Liberty Financial
  • $37.7 million to purchase $TRUMP memecoins (via HTX)
  • Listed USD1 for trading on HTX
Cumberland DRW
  • SEC enforcement case dismissed with prejudice
  • $100 million investment into Trump-owned Trump Media & Technology Group
  • $100,000 to crypto-focused super PACs
Ripple
  • SEC enforcement case stayed pending resolution
  • Joint request to return $75 million of previous SEC fine to Ripple
  • $73 million to crypto-focused super PACs
  • $5 million to Trump inauguration fund
Coinbase
  • SEC enforcement case dismissed with prejudice
  • Relaunched bitcoin borrowing program previously shut down after SEC warnings
  • $75 million to crypto-focused super PACs
  • $1 million to Senate super PACs
  • $1 million to Trump inauguration fund
  • Sponsored Trump birthday military parade
Andreessen Horowitz
  • Four Andreessen Horowitz employees installed in formal or informal positions of influence at the White House
  • $70 million to crypto-focused super PACs
  • $5.35 million to Trump super PACs
Gemini
  • SEC enforcement case stayed pending reslution
  • SEC investigation ended with no action
  • $4.9 million to crypto-focused super PACs
  • $2.6 million to Trump super PACs
Kraken
  • SEC enforcement case dismissed with prejudice
  • Relaunched staking services which were shut down as part of a February 2023 SEC settlement
  • $1 million to Trump super PACs
  • $1 million to Trump inauguration fund
  • $1 million to crypto-focused super PACs
Circle
  • SEC approved IPO
  • Favorable stablecoin regulation
  • $1 million to Trump inauguration fund
  • $1 million to crypto-focused super PACs
Robinhood
  • SEC investigation ended with no action
  • $2 million to Trump inauguration fund
ConsenSys
  • SEC enforcement case dismissed with prejudice
  • $800,000 to crypto-focused super PACs
Binance
  • SEC enforcement case dismissed with prejudice
  • Reported talks with US Treasury Department to remove compliance monitor
  • Former Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao seeking pardon
  • Listed USD1 for trading
  • $2 billion investment from MGX denominated in USD1
  • Reported Trump family talks to acquire stake in Binance US
Crypto.com
  • SEC investigation ended with no action
  • Business partnership with Trump-owned Trump Media & Technology Group
Dragonchain
  • SEC enforcement case dismissed with prejudice
Immutable
  • SEC investigation ended with no action
Nova Labs
  • SEC case settled for $200,000 fine, claims dropped that Helium and related tokens are securities
OpenSea
  • SEC investigation ended with no action
PayPal
  • SEC investigation ended with no action
Unicoin
  • SEC offered negotiated settlement to end ongoing investigation (refused by Unicoin)
Uniswap
  • SEC investigation ended with no action
Yuga Labs
  • SEC investigation ended with no action