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President Donald Trump has claimed that he doesn’t know who Changpeng Zhao is — the cryptocurrency billionaire he pardoned last month with ties to the first family’s own crypto venture.
Zhao, who also goes by “CZ,” is the founder of crypto exchange company Binance and helped the Trump family’s own venture – World Liberty Financial – make billions just before the president pardoned him.
The rejuvenated company now stands to reap its own windfall, a report revealed last week.
The crypto boss was pardoned 10 days ago after plead
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