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Trump Pardons Binance Founder CZ : The Rules Just Changed Overnight The digital currency world just experienced its Iraq War "shock and awe" moment—and the regulatory landscape may never be the same. In a move that sent shockwaves through financial markets Thursday morning, President Donald Trump pardoned Changpeng CZ Zhao , the billionaire founder of Binance who pleaded guilty to criminal money laundering charges less than two years ago. Let that sink in for a moment. This isn't some low-level cryptocurrency entrepreneur. CZ ran the world's largest digital currency exchange—a platform that federal prosecutors said enabled money laundering connected to child sex abuse, drug trafficking, and terrorism . He served four months in prison after pleading guilty to violating the Bank Secrecy Act . Binance itself paid a record-shattering $4.3 billion fine to the Department of Justice . And now? Clean slate . The Political Calculus Is Stunning The...

The USDD Paradox : A US Dollar Stablecoin That Americans Can't Access In the ever-strange world of cryptocurrency, few situations are as bewildering as the current state of USDD , Tron's algorithmic stablecoin supposedly tethered to the US dollar. Picture this : a digital currency designed to mirror the value of American greenbacks, created by a blockchain network with headquarters in Florida , yet Americans can't even visit its official website! If that doesn't make you scratch your head, nothing will. The irony reached peak absurdity recently when Justin Sun , Tron's controversial founder, found himself at the center of yet another trading drama. World Liberty Financial , the Trump -affiliated DeFi project, blacklisted Sun's address after he transferred $9 million worth of WLFI tokens. This move came amid broader tensions in the cryptocurrency space, but it highlights the increasingly convoluted relationship between American regulatory sentime...