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Senate Passes Cryptocurrency and Stablecoin Rules Bill

The bill was a significant step toward giving the cryptocurrency industry the credibility and legitimacy it has sought, without limitations it has worked to head off.

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Senator Bill Hagerty, Republican of Tennessee, said the cryptocurrency bill would boost demand for U.S. Treasury securities and help maintain the dollar’s global dominance.

Shaquille O’Neal Agrees to Pay $1.8 Million to Settle FTX Class-Action Suit

Customers of FTX, the collapsed cryptocurrency exchange, accused Mr. O’Neal and other celebrities of illegally promoting it.

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Shaquille O’Neal, the former basketball star, this month. The case has questioned the liability of celebrities and influencers who endorse cryptocurrencies.

Trump Was Already a Crypto Czar in 2024

Financial disclosures for 2024 filed by the president on Friday show that digital coins had already become one of his family’s most successful ventures.

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Mr. Trump’s 2024 financial disclosure report previewed the crypto riches he is now poised to reap as president.

Buyer With Ties to Chinese Communist Party Got V.I.P. Treatment at Trump Crypto Dinner

The warm welcome for a technology executive whose purchases of the president’s digital coin won him a White House tour illustrates inconsistencies in the administration’s views toward visitors from China.

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He Tianying outside the White House on May 23. Mr. He is a member of an advisory body that seeks to broaden the Communist Party’s influence and solicit support from influential people in Chinese society.

Buyer With Ties to Chinese Communist Party Got V.I.P. Treatment at Trump Crypto Dinner

The warm welcome for a technology executive whose purchases of the president’s digital coin won him a White House tour illustrates inconsistencies in the administration’s views toward visitors from China.

© Jason Andrew for The New York Times

He Tianying outside the White House on May 23. Mr. He is a member of an advisory body that seeks to broaden the Communist Party’s influence and solicit support from influential people in Chinese society.
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