Trump raised millions from crypto firms for his inauguration
US President Donald Trump’s inaugural committee received millions of dollars in donations from firms in the cryptocurrency industry that’s already seeing special attention from his administration, disclosures filed with the Senate Office of Public Records show.
Coinbase Inc, Crypto.com, Galaxy Digital, Paradigm Operations and Payward Inc, better known as Kraken, each gave $1 million. Robinhood Markets, Inc, which offers a trading platform for digital currencies, contributed $2 million, according to the reports.
Once a crypto skeptic, Trump enthusiastically embraced the industry as an investor, entrepreneur and source of political fundraising. Among large donors to his campaign and super political action committee were venture…
