Steve Bannon, Chinese billionaires and Trump’s billion dollar crypto corruption: Follow the money

• Chinese billionaire sentenced to 30 years in U.S. jail for fraud - NBC News
• Justin Sun, a crypto mogul who invested millions into Trump coins got reprieve for fraud - CNN
• DOJ Filing: Steve Bannon Is a “Co-Conspirator” in a $1 Billion Fraud Case - Mother Jones
• Trump pardons Steve Bannon - NBC News
• Trump earned over $1 billion on cryptocurrency and coin ventures in 2025 - Washington Post
• Trump to Ease Crypto Rules for U.S. Banks - TechStory - Axios
• The US Is Turning a Blind Eye to Crypto Crimes under the Trump. Federal authorities are declining to charge crypto firms with a range of offenses, raising questions about which rules apply and who will enforce them. - Wired

Guo Wengui paid Bannon at least $1 million and also gave Bannon use of a private plane, a Connecticut home, and a $30 million yacht, where Bannon was living when he was arrested - Mother Jones

Follow the money with this map to understand why Steve Bannon linked Chinese billionaire goes to jail, and another Chinese billionaire who gave millions to the Trump family gets a pass. And see how crypto billionaires have corrupted the rule of law by funding Republicans.

Follow the money behind Trump's corruption and pardons

Crypto industry hold big fundraiser for Trump PAC - Axios

• David Sacks is co-headlined the fundraiser dubbed the "Crypto and AI Innovators Dinner."
• Proceeds will benefit MAGA Inc., a pro-Trump super PAC that the president has been aggressively raising money for ahead of next year's midterm elections.
• Sacks is a close ally of Trump adviser and DOGE leader Elon Musk.
• Trump to Ease Crypto Rules for U.S. Banks - TechStory - Axios
• The US Is Turning a Blind Eye to Crypto Crimes under the Trump
• Federal authorities are declining to charge crypto firms with a range of offenses, raising questions about which rules apply and who will enforce them. - Wired
• $TRUMP and $MELANIA memecoins

The moral bankruptcy of Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz

Two of Silicon Valley’s famous venture capitalists make the case for backing Trump: that their ability to make money is the only value that matters.

• Elon Musk’s pro-Trump super PAC, which has support from Sequoia Capital’s Shaun Maguire and 8 VC’s Joe Lonsdale, among other notables.
• There’s the $160 million the crypto movement has put forward in support of crypto-friendly candidates.
• Their VC pal David Sacks spoke at the Republican National Convention.
• Trump’s running mate choice of JD Vance, a former venture capitalist whose firm’s investors included Peter Thiel, Eric Schmidt, and Andreessen himself. - Verge

Follow the crypto greed

• The crypto industry spent millions attacking Representative Katie Porter, a crypto critic, and in tight elections in Ohio and Montana.
• It’s expected to spend millions more on the presidential race.
• Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz, whose venture capital firm has bet big on crypto… as they disclosed plans to put their money behind Trump.
• “Their mortal enemy is Gary Gensler at the S.E.C.,” said Boris Feldman, the head of the technology, media and telecom practice at the law firm Freshfields, referring to the chair of the securities regulator. “If you’re a billionaire, what is it to you to give $100 million if you think that will save your business?”
• Vinod Khosla, founder of Khosla Ventures told DealBook that he thinks the perception of Silicon Valley’s politics has been skewed by a handful of people whose calculus is: “‘anyone supporting crypto,’ ‘less regulation makes me more money,’ and ‘Trump opinions can be bought.’” - NY Times

TakeAway: Hold Republicans accountable for allowing Trump and crypto billionaires' corruption.

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