Secret Deals, Foreign Investments, Presidential Policy Changes: The Rise of Trump’s Crypto Firm

The pitch from “ZMoney” arrived on the encrypted messaging app Signal just days before Donald J. Trump’s presidential inauguration. “ZMoney” was Zachary Folkman, an entrepreneur who once ran a company called Date Hotter Girls and was now representing World Liberty Financial, the cryptocurrency firm that Mr. Trump and his sons had recently unveiled. Mr. Folkman…

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Asia would welcome trade deals that exclude China

By Bloomberg Published April 22, 2025 In any conflict, you have to recruit allies. Unfortunately for Donald Trump, that’s also true of his trade war. Some of his advisors understand this: Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent intends to use the “90-day pause” he won from the president to round up old friends and encircle China. Bloomberg…

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