The Crypto President: Part 2

About this episode

The episode discusses a significant financial deal involving Donald Trump's cryptocurrency venture and an Emirati royal.

Four days before Donald Trump’s second inauguration, an Emirati royal known as the “spy sheikh” secretly purchased a stake in Trump's cryptocurrency venture World Liberty Financial for half a billion dollars. In the second of two episodes about World Liberty Financial, WSJ’s Rebecca Ballhaus details what the Sheikh received from the Trump Administration following his deal with the Trump family’s crypto company. Hosted by Jessica Mendoza. Further Listening: - The Crypto President: Part 1 - Private Equity and Crypto Could Be Coming for Your 401k Sign up for WSJ’s free What’s News newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

People in this episode

Host: Jessica Mendoza

Guest: Rebecca Ballhaus

Topics covered

• cryptocurrency
• Donald Trump
• World Liberty Financial
• Emirati royal
• politics
• financial deals

Keywords

• cryptocurrency
• Donald Trump
• World Liberty Financial
• Emirati royal
• financial deal
• politics
• spy sheikh

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: World Liberty Financial, Trump Administration, Spotify Studios, The Wall Street Journal

Places: Emirati, United States

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