📢 Trump’s Crypto Pardons: What You Need to Know 👇
• In March, Trump quietly pardoned BitMEX and its 3 founders — Arthur Hayes, Benjamin Delo, and Samuel Reed — wiping their money laundering convictions clean.
• He also granted clemency to Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht in January, a move long pushed for by crypto advocates.
• The BitMEX pardons weren’t publicized ahead of time, unlike Ross’. They marked the first time in U.S. history a sitting president pardoned a corporation.
• Now the crypto world is speculating about who’s next:
👀 Sam Bankman-Fried (FTX) — serving 25 years for fraud
👀 Changpeng Zhao (Binance) — already out, could see business restrictions lifted
👀 Roger Ver (Bitcoin Jesus) — in Spanish custody fighting US extradition
• Prediction markets like PolyMarket are already moving on these names.
This wave of pardons is reshaping crypto’s legal history — and it’s only April.