Trump pardoned Binance founder Changpeng Zhao amid documented business ties between Binance and the family's stablecoin
Zhao's team paid a Trump-connected lobbying firm $1.3 million; Trump later said of Zhao, 'I don't know who he is.'
Trump pardons Binance founder Changpeng Zhao
The Wall Street Journal · Secondary report
- Link
- https://www.wsj.com/finance/currencies/trump-binance-changpeng-zhao-pardon-7509bd63
- Publication date
- Not captured — October 2025; exact date not captured in the research pass.
- Accessed
- 2026-07-21
- Last verified
- 2026-07-21
- Type
- news_report
- Notes
- Reports the Binance–World Liberty Financial business relationship and the $2 billion USD1-denominated investment into Binance.