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特朗普在争议中赦免币安创始人赵长鹏
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总统唐纳德·特朗普赦免了币安创始人赵长鹏，引发了关于潜在利益冲突的批评。
总统唐纳德·特朗普已对加密货币交易所币安的创始人赵长鹏（Changpeng Zhao）给予全面赦免。赵长鹏此前因违反美国反洗钱法律认罪，被罚款5000万美元并服刑四个月，刑期于九月结束。
白宫声明称，特朗普总统行使了其宪法权力赦免赵长鹏，后者曾被前任政府以“打击加密货币战争”的名义起诉。声明中宣称，“对加密货币的战争已经结束。”
《华尔街日报》社论委员会批评此次赦免，称其“带有与以往有争议赦免相同的恶臭”。社论指出，今年早些时候，一家阿联酋投资基金与特朗普家族拥有的公司World Liberty Financial开发的一种加密货币之间发生了20亿美元的交易。据报道，该交易为与特朗普有关的公司带来了可观收入，并为该加密货币提供了合法性。
社论还提到，赵长鹏在促成该交易后不久便申请赦免，读者可自行判断“是否认为此次赦免与该投资无关”。
在认罪协议中，赵长鹏承认允许币安平台上存在非法活动，包括涉及恐怖分子、网络犯罪分子和外国对手的交易。报道显示，币安平台上美国与伊朗之间的交易金额至少达8.9亿美元。
风险投资家、Palantir联合创始人乔·朗斯代尔批评此次赦免，称“总统在这件事上得到了极差的建议；这让人觉得他周围在这个领域发生了大规模欺诈。”
《华尔街日报》认为，美国开国元勋预期总统在使用赦免权时会有所节制，暗示此次赦免挑战了这一预期。
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President Donald Trump has granted a full pardon to Changpeng Zhao, the founder of cryptocurrency exchange Binance, who had previously pleaded guilty to violating U.S. anti-money laundering laws.
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Zhao, known as 'CZ,' was fined $50 million and served a four-month prison sentence, which concluded in September.
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The White House stated that President Trump exercised his constitutional authority to pardon Zhao, who was prosecuted by the previous administration in their 'war on cryptocurrency.' The statement declared, 'The war on crypto is over.'
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The Wall Street Journal editorial board criticized the pardon, suggesting it 'has the same stench' as previous controversial pardons.
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The editorial highlighted a $2 billion transaction earlier this year between an Emirati investment fund and a cryptocurrency developed by World Liberty Financial, a company owned by the Trump family. This transaction reportedly provided significant revenue to the Trump-affiliated company and legitimacy to the cryptocurrency.
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In his plea deal, Zhao admitted to allowing illicit activities on Binance, including transactions involving terrorists, cybercriminals, and foreign adversaries. Reports indicate that at least $890 million was transacted through Binance between the U.S. and Iran.
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Venture capitalist Joe Lonsdale, co-founder of Palantir, criticized the pardon, stating, 'POTUS has been terribly advised on this; it makes it look like massive fraud is happening around him in this area.'
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