Binance.US denies political motive in listing Trump-linked USD1 stablecoin
From theblock.co
Binance.US pushed back against a U.S. senator's claims of its political favoritism on Wednesday, defending its recent decision to list USD1, a stablecoin issued by the Trump-linked World Liberty Financial. On Tuesday, Democratic Senator Chris Murphy alleged in a social media post that Binance's USD1 listing was a form of payback following Trump's pardon of Binance founder Changpeng Zhao last week. "​​One week after Trump pardoned Binance's owner (for a stunning array of crimes related to terrorist and sex predator financing), Binance starts promoting Trump crypto," Murphy wrote on X, referencing an earlier Binance ...
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