Circle Shareholder Sues Trump, Alleging Unconstitutional Profits From $2B UAE Crypto Deals
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Bitcoin Magazine Circle Shareholder Sues Trump, Alleging Unconstitutional Profits From $2B UAE Crypto Deals A shareholder from one of the world’s biggest digital asset companies has sued U.S. President Donald Trump for alleged crypto corruption. The lawsuit, filed on Thursday by shareholder and former Circle employee J. Benjamin Greenberg, alleges that a member of the United Arab Emirates ruling family agreed to pay half a billion dollars into the Trump-backed World Liberty Financial business — in direct violation of the Constitution. Circle is the fintech company behind the stablecoin, USDC. Regulators in the U.S. are fast pushing ahead with pro-crypto rules despite lawmakers last month blocking landmark digital asset legislation, which President Trump backed.
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