Five top Senate Democrats are demanding hearings into Donald Trump's cryptocurrency holdings, citing his new financial disclosure revealing significant income from crypto ventures and raising concerns about foreign and unidentified investors, including a UAE-linked group.
Hunter Biden used X to accuse the Trump family of corruption, comparing them to King George III and listing alleged conflicts of interest involving Donald Trump Jr., Eric Trump, and Jared Kushner, while defending his own business dealings.
Albanian police used tear gas and water cannons to disperse protests against a planned resort linked to Jared Kushner, resulting in 18 detentions and 12 officer injuries. The "Flamingo Revolution" protests, initially focused on environmental damage to a flamingo habitat, have broadened into anti-government demonstrations.
President Donald Trump and his family reported over $1 billion in earnings last year, primarily from cryptocurrency ventures like World Liberty Financial and Trump-branded meme coins. The disclosure also includes millions from media settlements and branded products. The White House denies conflicts of interest, while a former ethics lawyer highlights Trump's unique financial entanglements as president.
Megyn Kelly expressed frustration with the Trump family's "grifty" business practices, particularly their sons' earnings from government contracts and cryptocurrency ventures. She compared it to Hunter Biden's dealings, despite her support for Trump over Kamala Harris.
President Donald Trump claims his billion-dollar financial windfall is due to unnamed advisers and a rising stock market, denying deliberate profit from his presidency. However, Office of Government Ethics disclosures reveal over $1.1 billion from two crypto ventures, contradicting his claims and showing a shift in his crypto stance after campaign contributions and policy changes.
Financial disclosures revealed Donald Trump's family cryptocurrency ventures generated over $1bn in his first year back in the White House, prompting accusations of "brazen crypto corruption" from Democratic officials and calls for new legislation to prevent officials from profiting from the crypto industry.
Financial disclosures reveal Donald Trump's family cryptocurrency ventures generated over $1 billion in his first year back in the White House. Critics accuse him of "brazen crypto corruption" and "infinite greed," while Trump dismisses scrutiny, stating he made money before the presidency.
Donald Trump faces accusations of "brazen crypto corruption" after financial disclosures revealed his family's cryptocurrency ventures generated over $1 billion in his first year back in the White House. Democrats, including Elizabeth Warren, are demanding legislation to prevent officials from profiting from the crypto industry.
Donald Trump's financial disclosures reveal he earned nearly $1.2bn from crypto businesses and $2.2bn overall in 2025, while actively buying stocks and maintaining global business interests. Critics highlight potential conflicts as he influences policies benefiting his digital assets and negotiates with foreign governments.
US President Donald Trump's family crypto ventures reportedly earned over $1.4 billion last year, now constituting the majority of his income. This surge in digital asset revenue, benefiting from his policies, eclipses his traditional property portfolio.
UFC fighters at the "UFC Freedom 250" event will receive up to $250,000 in bonuses paid in USD1, a stablecoin issued by World Liberty Financial, a crypto company linked to the Trump family. The announcement has drawn criticism over potential conflicts of interest.
Trump family crypto ventures generated approx. $2.3B pretax income between Nov 2024-Apr 2026, outpacing major firms like Coinbase and BlackRock's Bitcoin ETF. This was achieved via token sales and equity stakes, with retail investors absorbing significant losses.
Trump's executive order aims to tighten fraud screening and limit credit for undocumented immigrants, drawing parallels to alleged "Operation Chokepoint 2.0" under Biden and raising concerns about pushing individuals into unregulated financial systems or organized crime.
NYT investigation reveals CFTC officials who raised concerns about Polymarket, Crypto.com, and Gemini were suspended and pushed out. Former acting chair Caroline Pham and her counsel allegedly aided these firms, which have ties to the Trump family.
President Donald Trump announced he will not attend his son Donald Trump Jr.'s wedding to Bettina Anderson this weekend in the Bahamas, citing government business and his love for the USA as reasons for staying in Washington D.C.
The US government will invest $2 billion in equity stakes across nine quantum computing companies, including IBM and GlobalFoundries. The move aims to boost domestic innovation and create jobs, though some deals are still pending and Intel faces a lawsuit over a similar government equity stake.
The US government is investing $2 billion in nine quantum computing companies, including those linked to the Trump family and a Pentagon official. IBM, D-Wave Quantum, Atom Computing, and PsiQuantum are among the beneficiaries, with the aim of boosting American innovation and job creation.
The U.S. Department of Justice has granted immunity from tax audits to Donald Trump and his family as part of a settlement, also allocating $1.8 billion for victims of alleged government weaponization.
The DOJ has granted Donald Trump, his family, and businesses immunity from ongoing tax audits. This follows Trump's settlement of a $10bn lawsuit against the IRS over leaked tax information. Critics call the move 'corruption' and 'unconstitutional'.
The CLARITY Act is finally moving toward a long-awaited Senate Banking Committee markup next week, but its path is being complicated by a fight over whether Congress should impose new ethics restrictions on federal officials and elected leaders involved with the crypto industry. On May 7, crypto journalist Eleanor Terrett reported that the draft text […] The post Next week’s CLARITY Act markup could fall apart over Trump family crypto ethics fight appeared first on CryptoSlate.
World Liberty Financial, the crypto venture co-founded by US President Donald Trump and his sons, said on Monday it had filed a defamation lawsuit against Hong Kong-based crypto entrepreneur Justin Sun, in the latest escalation of a dispute between the project and one of its most prominent backers. World Liberty posted a copy of its lawsuit on X in which it accused Sun of launching a “public smear campaign” including claims that it said were false. The crypto project – one of several...
The defamation suit comes days after Justin Sun filed his own lawsuit against the Trump family’s crypto firm, claiming rampant misconduct.
Republican Senator Thom Tillis says he will vote against the Senate's crypto market structure bill unless it includes ethics provisions limiting how White House officials can use cryptocurrency. Tillis, a senior member of the Senate Banking Committee who is retiring next year, told Politico that he will go from negotiating the bill to opposing it if ethics language is not included. Democratic Senator Ruben Gallego emphasized that no final bill can pass without bipartisan agreement on ethics provisions. The bill divides crypto regulation between the CFTC and SEC and has faced delays over ethics and stablecoin yield provisions. Democrats have sought to address concerns about the Trump family's expanding crypto businesses.
