CZ

GabeSter

* 7 minutes: Trump and Melania Meme Coins makes trump $600M+ while "investors" lose billions * 9 minutes: Trump Dinner at white house for top token holders * 14 minutes: Sun purchasing $100M of Trump family items and getting a pardon * 16 minutes: Binance purchasing $2B USD1 before CZ got pardoned * 18 minutes: UAE investment firm being behind above purchase and then getting chips from Trump * 19 minutes UAE investment into WLFI of $500M

Theverybestestintown

My Dad is CZ

Saintgein

CZ helped him mostly, hence he got a pardon.

Top-Hovercraft2183

CZ?

biggest_guru_in_town

CZ is Shang tsung then

Generationhodl

Don't know, maybe ask CZ

kitbiggz

Some of the Big Players like CZ want to Fork bitcoin when the time comes. He also want to freeze Satoshi's coins. That's pretty much the debate now going on with Quantum.

Forgot_Password_Dude

no they litterally everyone that logged in on a certain day got hacked, look it up, CZ himself promised to pay back

No-Masterpiece2246

Well, except for the people who bought Trump coins to bribe him. They knew their money was gone. But some like CZ and Ross Ulbricht received tangible benefits. They got out of jail.

AnnArbor-Armadillo

CZ is such a conman. Maybe crypto should just go away for good.

Timely-Fig2030

If they debate it and also CZ proposed it, it means a government or other centralized entitiy can shut down every account any minute. That's why i want a democratic government i can trust to do the best for its people and my investment goes into potential future tech, instead of rusty, old bitcoin.

verfahren

CZ is a criminal and only free cause he bribed trump

tenkuushinpan

CZ is concerned that someone could steal someonelse's money. lol

moonkingdome

Not your keys Not your crypto.. Is CZ an expert? He wanted to roll back btc to erase his own problems.. Leave the coins be

Awkward_University91

Fuck CZ. Those coins are the canary in the mine for quantum 

kitbiggz

If Quantum can steal Satoshi's Bitcoin. Then it's already over for Bitcoin. Plain and simple. CZ wanted to role back Bitcoin when Binance was halted years ago. And almost got the community to go along with his plan. Gladly that didn't happen.

Strongest-There-Is

CZ gets pardoned by Trump. Trump family buys tons of BTC. CZ convinces the community to freeze up Satoshi’s stash. Price skyrockets. Trump family and CZ cash out, laughing all the way to a 24 carat gold space ship to Moscow.

F4STW4LKER

CZ should be in prison. Let's freeze his Bitcoin.

L_Tryptophan

I havnt heard anyone talk about the fact that trump pardoned a lot of crypto OGs and also made it easier to cash out crypto so these same OGs knew this would be the time to dump old drug or covid laundering money. These OGs who had hundreds of millions of btc were always going to dump, trump just relaxed the process so much it made for the best time to dump. Also whatever happened between CZ being pardoned a week after oct10th might tell us a lot

LuBrooo


GeoSystemsDeveloper

**Daily crypto TL;DR:** * ⚠️ Bitcoin holds near $60K; overall market sentiment remains "Extreme Fear" (index 15). * ⚠️ Bitcoin and gold are 2026's worst-performing assets due to the Fed's hawkish stance. * ⚠️ Binance's CZ attributes crypto sell-off to geopolitics, AI capital shift, and market cycles. * ℹ️ EU lawmakers urge assessment of DeFi, staking, and NFT regulations. *News summary from the* [*HODLings app*](https://www.geosystemsdev.com/products/hodlings/)*.*

aeklund68

The miscalculation wasn't "Trump supports crypto because it'll get him votes." It was "Trump supports crypto because he will definitely launch a meme coin(s), rug pull everyone, and launch a stablecoin company with bribes from the Middle East, Justin Sun and CZ." But then again, that latter scenario should have always been consider in play.

PatientReasonable348

Nothing new coming from CZ considering he once proposed a full chain rollback because of an exchange hack

JeffreyDollarz

CZ bought a pardon from Trump.

Dziabadu

If CZ can't - no one can. Period.

trimalcus

Ask CZ. They didn't get their mica license yet from Greece. And rumors are spreading that they won't get them in time. Updates : they are just starting to send email to users to communicate further before end of June ....

jonnibag

Get out because CZ is the shadiest king pin of all and went to Prison for Fraud? Give your head a wobble. Then get CZs nuts out your mouth. I can trade in this space easily and cheaply without binance. You though clearly have issue with my doing so.

schizophrenicbugs

Speaking from a user-experience POV. I've been with Binance for 5+ years and the only issue I've had is the egregious fee hike after CZ left.

jonnibag

The Europe that is protecting the end user from being exit liquidity for CZ? I say WTF is wrong with people who don't understand that CZ aint your fren

schizophrenicbugs

Since CZ was forced to leave Binance the company has kinda gone to the shitter, but it's still the most reliable exchange available IMO.

unknowngloomth

Hahaha. Aster is that crap Dex with a disastrous tokenomics. It was endorsed publicly by CZ the founder of binance to kill Hyperliquid. It backfired miserably. Anyways, Top 6 wallets control roughly 88% to 96% of the total supply (around 8 billion ASTER). One single wallet reportedly holds over 44% alone. Good luck being the exit liquidity for the ASTER team. They don't even have a buysback and burning mechanism and only 2.7 billion coins are in circulation out of an 8 billion supply. Brutal!!!

azdcaz

Yeah it’s Binance and Wintermute doing the majority of the manipulation. CZ shouldn’t have been pardoned. But I guess that’s what you get when you funnel tens of millions of dollars into trumps pockets through his scam crypto project.

seviu

Forgot to say: it’s in a shitty usd stablecoin, backed by a shitty Aave clone, with most liquidity held by Binance as part of a deal so that CZ can walk free from jail. Crime everywhere, one can guess when the democrats come back to power there is going to be a crypto reckoning. We wanted regularization and guardrails and we got the worse of the worst

bimbobandit2016

BNB bouncing off the current trendline for the 12th time on a weekly timeframe. Thanks CZ for keeping us BNB holders safe

Patient_Craft2195

US **Department of Justice**. Binance paid a $4.3 billion settlement in 2023 for compliance failures and CZ had to step down. They survived, but that's the kind of regulatory tail risk you're carrying when half your bag is exchange tokens

DryTechnology5224

What about CZ... He's def in the top 100

TrainingJellyfish683

yeah CZ definitely counts but most of these crypto billionaires made their money from exchanges and trading platforms rather than just hodling coins. the real crypto natives who got rich purely from early adoption are probably sitting at lower net worth since they actually use crypto instead of just profiting off other people trading it

Chemical_Set_7647

Wait, what? No crypto in the first 100 🤔 CZ is 18th

azdcaz

Thanks Binance and Wintermute! CZ shouldn’t have been pardoned.

Significant_Wealth74

I want to know how much CZ paid for a pardon?

YogurtCloset3335

Maybe you're not considering that some of the Trump shitcoin purchases were bribes from people like Justin Sun. Also CZ must've bought a couple hundred million worth. They knew the value would go to zero from day 1.

ojedaforpresident

He needed CZ for his crypto company. He doesn’t need SBF afaik. But who are we kidding as long as he can wet his beak he’ll be on board.

devCheckingIn

Ohh you think the market crashed because of a tariff tweet and software bug? Just as somebody miraculously put in a big short 15 minutes prior? And I'm sure folks like CZ are real honest guys who would never screw with this market. 🙄

Spirited-Birthday-20

Trump has already pardoned crypto scammers like CZ. A pardon for SBF would just confirm what everyone already knows thatpolitics is the biggest financial crime ring of all

Babad00k123

CZ cant do much in his 2x2m villa can he?

theworstvp

um.. since he took office, some notably “outlandish” pardons have been george santos, CZ, former honduran pres hernandez who was serving a 45 year sentence for drug trafficking, michelle fiore in NV who was about to get the book for stealing hella campaign funds, etc etc etc. the list goes on. those norms were thrown out the window january of last year

Requirement-Lazy

People did not lose money because of CZ, but they did because of SBF and they also know who he is

JeffreyDollarz

Trump just pardoned Stephen Buyer, a Republican Congressman who was convicted of insider trading. He also pardoned CZ of Binance. Trump also pardoned Ross Ulbricht, creator of "The Silk Road" back in Jan 2025. The odds seem pretty high that Trump will pardon a few more scumbags, like SBF, before he is finished.

qthistory

Yeah, yeah. BUT. This time feels different. We got everything that was supposed to drive crypto to new heights. Institutional buy in. ETFs for everyday consumers who would never buy crypto directly. Million dollar price targets. And it's still -50% and moving down fast. What did the general public see the last couple of years? Multiple rug pulls, some by the President of the United States. Crypto players (like CZ) increasingly aligning themselves with Trump and his family, making the space suddenly intensely political in the US. Tether, once the crypto pump vehicle, decided that gold was the future. What don't we see - STILL? Actual regular usage of crypto by "normies." All of crypto could disappear tomorrow and it would have almost no impact on daily life around the world.

Arbiter_89

Some have. Saylor, Cuban, Musk, CZ, Armstong, and the Winklevoss twins all own BTC. As for why most of them haven't invested huge portions of their portfolio: With your portfolio, you typically have 1 of 2 goals: 1. High Acumulation 2. Sustaining Wealth High acumulation usually occurs by investing huge percentages of your portfolio into very few investments that you are confident in. This means if they do really well then you do really well, but it's risky because if they do really poorly then you do really poorly. Usually you do this if you're younger and don't have much to lose. Sustaining wealth usually occurs through diversification. If a part of your portfolio does really poorly that's ok because it's balanced by the rest of your portfolio but if part of it does really well you only go up marginally because the gain is averaged against your other investments. Usually you do this when you're older and your portfolio has a lot to lose. All this is to say: most billionaires don't believe in BTC enough to risk a huge segment of their portfolio on it, but many will take a stake in it.

LinoStar69

CZ really destroyed crypto on 10/10 lmao

LargeSnorlax

You wouldn't really know about it unless you use it, don't blame you in any way really. I think any "marketing" crypto does sucks for the space honestly. Brian Armstrong, CZ, Trump all the crypto "names" are all vampires looking to suck whatever they can out of the space, nothing they do is for the benefit of anything other than themselves. Space is fine as it is. It'll go up and down with interest or lack thereof. The people that need it are able to access it and others will lose their shirt fucking around with it, both of which are fine.

Suspicious-Cut3237

CZ decided to buy a new jet and needs funding

ShillBandit

if I open coingecko those are the new pairs with less bagholders hype, canton, sui, tao, aster, ondo, pepe, worldcoin, Stable, Venice, Ethena, Aptos , Arb, Pump So there's a lot of choices, but they're not that many as you can see. Also from that list I will remove pepe / Pump, because they are tied to Meme meta, which to me is the equivalent of DeFi meta in 2019-2020, which severely underperformed in 2021. Hype is overcrowded, but that's not necessarily a bad thing ( SOL was overcrowded at 8$) Arb, I personally dont like it, I don't see how L2s gain any momentum The rest is good, pick whatever narrative you like. AI: TAO / Venice/ WLD, I wouldn't pick near because they have a lot of bag holders so your upside is capped L1s: Pretty tough one, but SUI, is with bias, my favorite. Not because it's revolutionary, I just think it has all the ingredients for a good FU pump. It covers: \- institutional buying : cme / etfs \- covers "new narrative" : move \- they constantly ship stuff, so they'll always be relevant \- chart looks better than other L1s Negative press at the moment, so will get good entries APTOS: Been debating myself for this one, I mean it seems very risky, but it's not really, at 0.9 below VC prices, so I don't know. RWA: ondo Stables coins: ENA / STABLE Perps: HYPE obviously cycle leader can't be denied (I hold none) Aster follow up trade and CZ revenge arc ( I hold none neither) Pick whatever you want honestly

longReshape40

It took a long while for Coinbase to list $HYPE. I doubt Binance will ever get around to it because CZ wouldn't want to root for another horse in his own race

CrossPuffs

Jeff Yan and CZ don't have a good business relationship. In late 2025, Jeff Yan attacked Binance on the X platform. He accused CEXs of severely underreporting user liquidations during market crashes to protect their public image, claiming Binance's data streams could be underreporting liquidations. [https://x.com/chameleon\_jeff/status/1977578610329534958](https://x.com/chameleon_jeff/status/1977578610329534958)

Necessary-Nature-380

You can't even call this a bear market. This is just a flat out RUGPULL to LIQUIDATE leveraged positions on longs. It's not going to get better in future - this is a permenant shift in crypto dynamics with Trump and CZ pulling the strings. SELL YOUR BAGS NOW AND CUT YOUR LOSSES!!

MediumLibrarian7100

Anytime! I was once bullish when it made sense to be my X is there for everybody to see. Clear reason why I’m followed by CZ etc… I’m not here to bullshit you

armyliberal

Binance denies bribing the Trump boys with 187m through WLF. They deny zecdex and nobitex ran billions through them…”directly.” They deny they off-ramp literally anything to tron... or that the pardon, MGX, and the WLF tie-in were all one transaction But they can’t deny holding almost 90% of USD1, or that the DOJ probe is inside an administration whose president and family have been buddies with CZ since the pardon, or that Iran, Russia, North Korea, Venezuela, and China all use Binance for the exact same reason.

boringtired

CZ. Back to jail.

RepresentativeBug287

Binance and CZ are scum

jeremiahcp

Well, CZ paid for the pardon; that was all Trump needed to know.

liquid_at

[binance.us](http://binance.us) is owned by binance+institutional backers. binance is majority owned by CZ.

CautiousToaster

Maybe Biden was right about CZ

liquid_at

because binance is registered in the US as binance(.us) and agreed to certain regulatory conditions. CZ even got a pardon from the US president. Directly facilitating a money-transfer for a direct opponent of the US during a war, that is happening right now, is a bigger topic than a scam-token that was released a year ago and has already been talked to death, when literally everyone agrees that it was a scam and how it is a disgrace that congress allows it to happen. You trying to imply that a topic that is 1 year old is more important than a topic that is fresh, is you trying to distract from the current topic.

liquid_at

I guess CZ can get a presidential pardon again. No biggie. /s

Top-Inspection-5009

Well look who finally came to their senses. What gave you a clue? CZ going to jail or CZ becoming a Trumper?

Guilty-Big-4263

May be they want 4b more from CZ lol

Niceguy955

True. But at least I'm the case of Binance, the US actually fined them in the past, and CZ actually went to jail, until he was pardoned by the grifter in chief.

pachuchukek

Never trusted CCP CZ.

AGuyAndHisCat83

Shit as much money as he got me for I need some reparations. Come on CZ stroke the shaft, cradle the balls , and swallow the gravy you futures rigging bitch

AGuyAndHisCat83

Tell CZ he can suck deez nuts...put that in your surveillance records

TheresNoSecondBest

The ₿6.15 is a 2019 meme. It started by the Twitter persona known as AmericanHodl. It was in response to this tweet from CZ, the CEO of Binance. He suggested that owning just 1 BTC would place someone in the top 0.3% richest people in Bitcoin terms. https://twitter.com/cz_binance/status/1165533865554804739?s=21 The response was that “If you own 6.15 BTC, you are guaranteed to get eternal riches and big titty bitches."

TheresNoSecondBest

It was a joke, mate. Let me explain. The ₿6.15 is a 2019 meme. It started by the Twitter persona known as AmericanHodl. It was in response to this tweet from CZ, the CEO of Binance. He suggested that owning just 1 BTC would place someone in the top 0.3% richest people in Bitcoin terms. https://twitter.com/cz_binance/status/1165533865554804739?s=21 The response was that “If you own 6.15 BTC, you are guaranteed to get eternal riches and big titty bitches."

No-Masterpiece2246

Not cash, electronic fiat. But yes, probably more work to seize and transfer that electronic fiat, because they need a bunch of court orders etc. To seize the crypto they just send CZ another email and say he'll be back in jail for money laundering if he doesn't pay it out.

Impossible-Band-2393

yes not bad, if this punishment is getting high they will beware, but getting them in prison and later be free or sentence been reduce, CZ is pardon of money laundering i guess and other related

b1mm3rl1f3

"CZ Predicts Crypto Supercycle for 2026 Breaking Bitcoin's Four-Year Cycle" "A whale has opened $80 million BTC and ETH long ahead of today's "Clarity Act" voting." Lol

csfrayer

SBF didn't have a direct lline to Gensler more than any other crypto CEO. In fact, SBF came in to the SEC to demand exemptions from the law and Gary told him to pound sand. I was there and this was publicly reported - [https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2023/02/gary-gensler-on-meeting-with-sbf-and-his-crypto-crackdown.html](https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2023/02/gary-gensler-on-meeting-with-sbf-and-his-crypto-crackdown.html) I don't know how you can possibly call Binance legit. Their CEO went to jail for money laundering. In the case we filed against Binance, we obtained a text from their top compliance officer telling CZ, "***we are operating*** as a fking unlicensed ***securities exchange*** in the ***USA bro***." Before I was asked to focus on crypto regulation, I spent 15 years in Congress fighting for Wall Street reform. That included bills to break up the banks, close the ILC loophole, limit derivatives activity, reining in private equity and private credit and require higher capital standards and less concentration in the financial industry. That's far from a comprehensive list. Education and financial literacy is exactly what the traditional financial industry always calls for in lieu of real regulation. Take it from someone who has worked in financial regulatory policy for 20 years - the crypto industry has become everything the original crypto pioneers hated about the financial system. I came to this space loving the technology and with a vendetta at the banking system that blew up the economy and destroyed my parents' retirement. The largest crypto players want the same system we have now - the real change they want is to be Jamie Dimon themselves. In addition to my work on crypto, I have been doing a lot on private credit. As my work on that becomes publicly available I'll try to remember to come back and share it here. If you want to follow my work please feel free to look me up. Corey Frayer - Director of Investor Protection - Consumer Federation of America.

Prantik_Sarkar007

You are following the path of CZ. Well done brother😂

Top-Inspection-5009

If bitcoin will be replaced I hope CZ will tell us when so we can all get in on the ground floor of of whatever.

MonthlyWeekend_

CZ is delusional

mayone3

Is CZ a secret Fartcoin maxi?

Extension-Dentist-42

I support CZ pardon for billions

CoffeeAlternative647

CZ who ? lol what a grifter

DackNBills878

I don’t think this new admin has not been friendlier to bitcoin than the previous. If anything this new party is simply friendlier to scammers like CZ. Still no reserve in practicality and no actual useful bill was passed by LARP Cynthia Lummis. Most vocal bitcoin/crypto adjacent people have left the admin. Now we’re stuck with idiot David Sacks

Then_Helicopter4243

Safety first, smart move by CZ reminding users to lock accounts in high risk regions. Protecting access is just as important as protecting assets.

MarduckRulez

Wrong billionaire. You are talking about Binance Bro CZ, this is the Tron founder, Justin Sun.

Human-Contribution16

Here is a more than itneresting video outlining another current use case scenario for the military interest in bitcoin. Not as store of value or means of exchange but as rails for secure intel. https://youtu.be/1uT7QrFb0W4?si=y-CZ2jv1RB6UIkC4

SpontaneousDream

Look at aster/hype. Aster is going to 0. CZ was literally shilling hype the other day on X hahah. And hyperliquid metrics against Binance are constantly making ATHs You don't know

pirate_pues

Are you interested in a Trump phone ? How about Trump University ? Just goes to show along with the Epstein clan . Money can buy you freedom Even CZ

kitbiggz

The best days for crypto gains are probably over for most normal traders. All the wild swings, flash crashes and drama of the past are gone. Mainly because CZ, Sam and FTX and a lot of other wild cards got arrested. Crypto is under full control by the Wallstreet elites now.

Automatic-Bug5254

je pense que CZ la trouvé le 20 mai 2022 lors du PBD a cannes

Left_Entrepreneur918

Hal from everything I read was just a great person, family loved him, glad a person with good character was instrumental in bitcoin working. If some asshole like CZ or Justin Sun created bitcoin it would just be used to make themselves rich. Satoshi and Hal made it for everyone to benefit…

CurryMustard

**Crypto** - **House Judiciary Democrats' report "Trump, Crypto, and a New Age of Corruption"** (Nov 2025) — documents up to $11.6 billion in Trump family crypto holdings and $800M+ in crypto income H1 2025: [democrats-judiciary.house.gov](https://democrats-judiciary.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/new-report-exposes-the-trump-family-s-multi-billion-dollar-crypto-empire-fueled-by-self-dealing-and-corrupt-foreign-interests) - **Sen. Blumenthal opens Senate PSI inquiry into $TRUMP memecoin, WLF, Fight Fight Fight LLC**: [blumenthal.senate.gov](https://www.blumenthal.senate.gov/newsroom/press/release/permanent-subcommittee-on-investigations-opens-inquiry-into-trump-crypto-corruption) - **Merkley/Warren letter on the UAE MGX–Binance–World Liberty Financial $2B deal** (emoluments concerns): [banking.senate.gov](https://www.banking.senate.gov/newsroom/minority/forwarding-merkley-warren-trump-linked-crypto-deal-is-a-staggering-conflict-of-interest) - **PBS/AP — Crypto.com investigation dropped, then $1B deal with Trump Media**: [pbs.org](https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/how-a-trump-business-deal-with-a-crypto-firm-exposes-potential-conflicts-of-interest) - **Wikipedia overview (with extensive citations) — "Cryptocurrency in the second Trump presidency"**: [en.wikipedia.org](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryptocurrency_in_the_second_Trump_presidency) ## Qatar plane (Air Force One) - **NPR — Pentagon officially accepts the Qatari 747-8**: [npr.org](https://www.npr.org/2025/05/21/nx-s1-5406420/trump-accepts-qatar-plane-air-force-one) - **CNN — sources say Trump admin approached Qatar first, contradicting the "gift" narrative**: [cnn.com](https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/19/politics/trump-adminstration-approached-qatar-jet) - **NBC — bipartisan concerns, emoluments clause resolution introduced**: [nbcnews.com](https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-administration/pentagon-says-accepted-qatars-gift-luxury-megajet-trumps-use-rcna208300) ## Insider trading / market manipulation - **Rep. Torres letter to SEC/CFTC on $500M+ oil futures trade 15 min before Trump's Iran post**: [ritchietorres.house.gov](https://ritchietorres.house.gov/posts/rep-torres-demands-sec-and-cftc-investigate-suspicious-oil-futures-trade-made-ahead-of-trump-iran-announcement) - **Warren/Schumer/Wyden letter asking SEC to investigate tariff-pause trading**: [banking.senate.gov](https://www.banking.senate.gov/newsroom/minority/warren-schumer-senate-colleagues-call-on-sec-to-launch-investigation-into-possible-trump-tariff-market-manipulation-insider-trading) - **TIME — breakdown of the "great time to buy" Truth Social post and tariff pause**: [time.com](https://time.com/7276515/explaining-insider-trading-accusations-leveled-at-trump-tariffs-pause/) - **Rep. Horsford — pattern of suspiciously timed trades**: [horsford.house.gov](https://horsford.house.gov/media/press-releases/18-minutes-47-minutes-a-troubling-pattern-of-insider-trading-that-the-trump-administration-can-t-explain) - **Oxford Law Blog — legal analysis of insider trading/market manipulation claims**: [blogs.law.ox.ac.uk](https://blogs.law.ox.ac.uk/oblb/blog-post/2025/04/most-far-reaching-securities-fraud-history-trump-tariffs-and-securities-law) ## Government spending at Trump properties - **CREW — Secret Service spent ~$100K at Trump properties in the first months of the second term**: [citizensforethics.org](https://www.citizensforethics.org/reports-investigations/crew-investigations/secret-service-has-spent-nearly-100k-at-trump-properties/) - **CREW — 100th Mar-a-Lago visit recap and conflicts history**: [citizensforethics.org](https://www.citizensforethics.org/reports-investigations/crew-investigations/trump-mar-a-lago-100-visits/) - **American Oversight — taxpayer spending at Trump properties (FOIA records)**: [americanoversight.org](https://americanoversight.org/tracking-taxpayer-spending-at-trump-properties/) - **GAO — official cost analysis of 4 Mar-a-Lago trips ($13.6M)**: [gao.gov](https://www.gao.gov/products/gao-19-178) ## Pardons and dropped investigations (crypto and financial) - **Decrypt — comprehensive roundup: Coinbase, Kraken, Binance, Ripple, Robinhood, OpenSea, Uniswap, Gemini, Consensys, etc.**: [decrypt.co](https://decrypt.co/308273/trump-sec-ending-crypto-lawsuits-investigations) - **CoinDesk — House Democrats' letter on "pay-to-play" pattern; watchdog says ~$3.1B in avoided penalties**: [coindesk.com](https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2026/01/15/democrats-slam-sec-for-dropping-crypto-cases-amid-trump-ties) - **Americans for Financial Reform — timeline of Binance/CZ deal then pardon**: [ourfinancialsecurity.org](https://ourfinancialsecurity.org/news/blog-trump-administration-lets-loose-the-dogs-of-crypto/) - **Cointelegraph / NYT — SEC dropped ~60% of crypto cases; no active case against a firm with known Trump ties**: [cointelegraph.com](https://cointelegraph.com/news/sec-crypto-enforcement-donald-trump-dropped) ## Trump-branded merchandise (Bibles, shoes, T1 phone, NFTs) - **Christianity Today — $1.3M from Bible licensing in 2024, per financial disclosures**: [christianitytoday.com](https://www.christianitytoday.com/2025/06/trump-bible-endorsement-profit/) - **NPR — God Bless the USA Bible launch details**: [npr.org](https://www.npr.org/2024/03/27/1241186975/donald-trump-bible-god-bless-usa) - **ABC News — sneakers, NFTs, Bible overview with CIC Ventures structure**: [abcnews.go.com](https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-endorses-line-bibles-after-selling-shoes-nfts/story?id=108543985) - **PBS/AP — T1 phone never shipped, "Made in USA" claim dropped**: [pbs.org](https://www.pbs.org/newshour/economy/whatever-happened-to-trump-mobiles-promise-of-a-golden-phone) - **Wikipedia — Trump Mobile overview with citations**: [en.wikipedia.org](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_Mobile) ## "Big Beautiful Bill" tax analysis - **CBPP — distributional analysis, wealthiest get $100K+, low earners get ~$250**: [cbpp.org](https://www.cbpp.org/research/federal-tax/by-the-numbers-harmful-republican-megabill-favors-the-wealthy-and-leaves) - **Center for American Progress — "7 Ways the BBB Cuts Taxes for the Rich"**: [americanprogress.org](https://www.americanprogress.org/article/7-ways-the-big-beautiful-bill-cuts-taxes-for-the-rich/) - **House Budget Dems — fact sheet comparing to TCJA**: [democrats-budget.house.gov](https://democrats-budget.house.gov/resources/fact-sheet/trumps-big-bill-billionaires-steals-poor-give-ultra-rich) - **NPR — 6 specific BBB provisions that benefit high-income filers**: [npr.org](https://www.npr.org/2025/11/05/nx-s1-5590112/trump-beautiful-bill-taxes-republican-rich-wealthy) - **Penn Wharton Budget Model finding (via Clyburn) — top 10% get 80% of benefits, bottom 40% lose income**: [clyburn.house.gov](https://clyburn.house.gov/trumps-big-beautiful-bill-steals-from-the-poor-gives-to-the-rich/)

PixelatumGenitallus

I don't know. Nobody knows except CZ /s. I'll dca again after this bull trap or October, whichever comes first. Have a plan and stick to it. No ragrets

Grunblau

It is manipulated, clearly… I just wish that CZ would stop liquidating longs and start clearing out the shorts. In the FTX trial, SBF’s cohorts acknowledged his directive to keep BTC under $60K.

HomelessInASuit

I know all of that. I’ve watched Justin hose billions off idiots. Your ill gotten gains mean nothing to me. I’ve been in BTC for a long time. I’ve seen people do horrific things in this space, including the President. Justin Sun belongs in a prison with CZ and all of them. If you think this space is about money you’ve lost the plot long ago. Tron will not be the one and neither will BCash, Binance, MemeCoin, WLF, or the other basket of scams that have infested this space. Tron is just another Egg in the rotten basket. Soon it will rot away too. Enjoy the %20 offerings let me know how that went for BITCONNECT. 😭😭😭😭

zesushv

Trading is one of, if not the most complex aspect of digital assets, it has nothing to do with you specifically but a human problem. Trading is like gambling and the house [platform you are trading on] will always win. The only reason I am still here is because I figured this out early in the cryptocurrency space when things started to have a positive look. Take the top people who are exposed to digital assets as an example; Elon Musk, Michael Saylor, CZ etc... They don't trade, instead they hold assets, invest in projects that align with their interest... For over a decade now, my focus is contributing to startups and community development. Might not be the richest kid in the block, but I don't get agitated due to market volatility and that for me is a huge win.

Urc0mp

CZ did for sure. I don't recall Sun needing one.

TimmyXBT

Yeah, I was conflating with CZ and the USD1 stuff