Crypto is turning into a geopolitical weapon
Fast forward to 2025. Better educated perhaps by the America crypto lobby’s campaign cheques and the sweat equity gifted to his family, Trump, now US president again, recently signed Executive Order 14178.
A stroke of the pen dismantled many of the regulatory guard-rails once deemed essential. Not long after, the Trump family entered the crypto business. One of their earliest strategic partners was Pakistan, a state associated with cross-border terrorism, shady finances and furtive fund diversion.
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