🚨🇺🇸BREAKING: U.S. #Senate Probes Trump’s Crypto Ties—Focus on WLFI and TRUMP Coin
🇺🇸Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), ranking member of the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, has launched an inquiry into potential conflicts of interest related to former President Donald Trump’s crypto dealings.
Letters were sent to:
🔹World Liberty Financial (WLFI) — creator of USD1 stablecoin
🔹Fight Fight Fight LLC — operator of the TRUMP memecoin
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Concerns Raised:
🔹Allegations Trump financially benefited from both WLFI and TRUMP tokens.
🔹$TRUMP coin promotions like “Dinner with Trump” viewed as possible pay-to-play schemes.
🔹WLFI’s international investor outreach may pose national security risks, according to Blumenthal.
🔹Speculation that insiders profited from TRUMP token price volatility.
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Political Fallout:
🔹House Democrats boycotted a crypto hearing on Tuesday amid concerns over Trump’s involvement.
🔹Senate Democrats threaten to withhold support for the Genius Act (a stablecoin bill) unless it includes stricter AML and foreign entity clauses.
🔹Rep. Maxine Waters expressed alarm that “the President launched his own stablecoin,” referring to WLFI’s USD1.