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Zeke Fox

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Fresh Air
Trump's Foray Into Cryptocurrency

Now, what I would say is that these crypto guys, their attitude is that we donated a lot of money to Trump so that he would promote our coins that we already own and help us make money, not so that Trump would launch his own coin and make the money himself.

Fresh Air
Trump's Foray Into Cryptocurrency

Now, what I would say is that these crypto guys, their attitude is that we donated a lot of money to Trump so that he would promote our coins that we already own and help us make money, not so that Trump would launch his own coin and make the money himself.

Fresh Air
Trump's Foray Into Cryptocurrency

Now, what I would say is that these crypto guys, their attitude is that we donated a lot of money to Trump so that he would promote our coins that we already own and help us make money, not so that Trump would launch his own coin and make the money himself.

Fresh Air
Trump's Foray Into Cryptocurrency

From what I've seen, they're very upset. I mean, it's unprecedented for the president to be running a business while he is supposed to be busy setting national policies. And it presents all kinds of conflicts of interest. Right now, Trump's appointees at the Securities and Exchange Commission are determining what kind of rules will apply to the cryptocurrency markets in the future.

Fresh Air
Trump's Foray Into Cryptocurrency

From what I've seen, they're very upset. I mean, it's unprecedented for the president to be running a business while he is supposed to be busy setting national policies. And it presents all kinds of conflicts of interest. Right now, Trump's appointees at the Securities and Exchange Commission are determining what kind of rules will apply to the cryptocurrency markets in the future.

Fresh Air
Trump's Foray Into Cryptocurrency

From what I've seen, they're very upset. I mean, it's unprecedented for the president to be running a business while he is supposed to be busy setting national policies. And it presents all kinds of conflicts of interest. Right now, Trump's appointees at the Securities and Exchange Commission are determining what kind of rules will apply to the cryptocurrency markets in the future.

Fresh Air
Trump's Foray Into Cryptocurrency

And I think it's very unlikely that they would pick rules that made Donald Trump's meme coin illegal. But they should be able to set those rules based on what they think is right for ensuring efficient markets and protecting investors, not based on what kind of cryptocurrency projects the president has already launched.

Fresh Air
Trump's Foray Into Cryptocurrency

And I think it's very unlikely that they would pick rules that made Donald Trump's meme coin illegal. But they should be able to set those rules based on what they think is right for ensuring efficient markets and protecting investors, not based on what kind of cryptocurrency projects the president has already launched.

Fresh Air
Trump's Foray Into Cryptocurrency

And I think it's very unlikely that they would pick rules that made Donald Trump's meme coin illegal. But they should be able to set those rules based on what they think is right for ensuring efficient markets and protecting investors, not based on what kind of cryptocurrency projects the president has already launched.

Fresh Air
Trump's Foray Into Cryptocurrency

World Liberty Financial is not a meme coin because it actually promises to do something. And real simplified version is that this was going to be some kind of crypto trading platform, which Trump and his sons endorsed last summer and promoted on Twitter and on live streams. Now, they also were selling a World Liberty coin, which... It wasn't a very appealing investment.

Fresh Air
Trump's Foray Into Cryptocurrency

World Liberty Financial is not a meme coin because it actually promises to do something. And real simplified version is that this was going to be some kind of crypto trading platform, which Trump and his sons endorsed last summer and promoted on Twitter and on live streams. Now, they also were selling a World Liberty coin, which... It wasn't a very appealing investment.

Fresh Air
Trump's Foray Into Cryptocurrency

World Liberty Financial is not a meme coin because it actually promises to do something. And real simplified version is that this was going to be some kind of crypto trading platform, which Trump and his sons endorsed last summer and promoted on Twitter and on live streams. Now, they also were selling a World Liberty coin, which... It wasn't a very appealing investment.

Fresh Air
Trump's Foray Into Cryptocurrency

The terms were that you couldn't sell it. It did not guarantee some sort of share in the profits of this World Liberty Financial. And it didn't serve much of a purpose at all. But they opened up this offering. They were selling World Liberty coins. And 75% of the proceeds of selling these coins were to go to the Trumps.

Fresh Air
Trump's Foray Into Cryptocurrency

The terms were that you couldn't sell it. It did not guarantee some sort of share in the profits of this World Liberty Financial. And it didn't serve much of a purpose at all. But they opened up this offering. They were selling World Liberty coins. And 75% of the proceeds of selling these coins were to go to the Trumps.

Fresh Air
Trump's Foray Into Cryptocurrency

The terms were that you couldn't sell it. It did not guarantee some sort of share in the profits of this World Liberty Financial. And it didn't serve much of a purpose at all. But they opened up this offering. They were selling World Liberty coins. And 75% of the proceeds of selling these coins were to go to the Trumps.

Fresh Air
Trump's Foray Into Cryptocurrency

Initially, the offering didn't go very well because this World Liberty offering was more or less rejected by the crypto industry because of the weird terms until this one particular crypto entrepreneur named Justin Sun came in. And he's one of the top guys in crypto. He's very rich. He's also facing... a big lawsuit from the US Securities and Exchange Commission that's accusing him of fraud.

Fresh Air
Trump's Foray Into Cryptocurrency

Initially, the offering didn't go very well because this World Liberty offering was more or less rejected by the crypto industry because of the weird terms until this one particular crypto entrepreneur named Justin Sun came in. And he's one of the top guys in crypto. He's very rich. He's also facing... a big lawsuit from the US Securities and Exchange Commission that's accusing him of fraud.

Fresh Air
Trump's Foray Into Cryptocurrency

Initially, the offering didn't go very well because this World Liberty offering was more or less rejected by the crypto industry because of the weird terms until this one particular crypto entrepreneur named Justin Sun came in. And he's one of the top guys in crypto. He's very rich. He's also facing... a big lawsuit from the US Securities and Exchange Commission that's accusing him of fraud.

Fresh Air
Trump's Foray Into Cryptocurrency

And he stepped in and bought... In total, $75 million of these World Liberty coins, which generates a payout of $56 million to the Trumps. And, I mean, you can see the crazy opportunity for attempting to buy influence that this presents. It's really in his interest to get in good with Trump because he's facing this serious lawsuit from the U.S.,

Fresh Air
Trump's Foray Into Cryptocurrency

And he stepped in and bought... In total, $75 million of these World Liberty coins, which generates a payout of $56 million to the Trumps. And, I mean, you can see the crazy opportunity for attempting to buy influence that this presents. It's really in his interest to get in good with Trump because he's facing this serious lawsuit from the U.S.,