The president's enthusiasm for digital currency could destabilize America's financial systems.
Donald Trump and his family continue to cash in on cryptocurrency from entities looking to curry influence with the president and his administration, which is simultaneously working to deregulate the industry.
-- Rolling Stone (@rollingstone.com) May 1, 2025 at 4:53 PM
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"Crypto is the currency for criminals like drug dealers, terrorists, human traffickers, mobsters, fraudsters, etc"
But let's be realistic. That's a good 5% of global GDP, all told.
They're going to come up with a way to manage their finances. At the end of the day, it's just business. Capitalism does not need to comply with the law to generate wealth. That is not in the rulebook.
The United Nations, IMF and other leading international organizations have estimated that the dirty money laundered annually from such criminal activities constitutes up to 5 percent of global gross domestic product, or an estimated $3-5 trillion. [Estimate World Economy (GDP) in 2024: $105 Trillion]
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My Occam's Razor explanation is that Trump is planning to loot the treasury via unregulated crypto trades.
Crypto is not untraceable.
But it is not very easy to trace and law enforcement has to rely on tools they do not understand, and it requires international cooperation due to the global nature of the Internet.
Crypto crime is exactly the kind of thing that "someone" in the United States could get away with if the Federal government decided to stop cooperating with other investigators and also not investigate anything domestically. Cutting all that red tape is good for business.
Tracers in the Dark
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