Over the Thanksgiving holiday, there was a bit of a Christmas miracle for the Trump family: a faltering crypto coin suddenly got a windfall investment from a beleaguered (yet incredibly visible) figure, Justin Sun. Bloomberg’s Zeke Faux takes us inside the strange deal. Plus: How US fertility clinics helped a disgraced billionaire deceive women, and what President Joe Biden’s goals are in Africa. If this email was forwarded to you, click here to sign up .

During his presidential campaign, amid an unprecedented flurry of shilling that saw him hawking sneakers, Bibles and digital trading cards, President-elect Donald Trump also started pitching something that may prove consequential: his own cryptocurrency.