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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Rhian Lubin

Trump claims he doesn’t know who Binance founder is - despite pardoning him days ago: ‘I’d rather not have you ask the question’

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.

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