Um perdão dent é um ato legal. Nos EUA, o POTUS tem o poder de perdoar uma pessoa por um crime federal. Bem, isso não significa que eles se tornarão matic inocentes. A lei apenas remove consequências legais, como pena de prisão ou multas.
O fundadorda Cardano e da IOHK, Charles Hoskinson , e o construtor criptoeconômico e VC John Lilic estão apoiando um apelo pedindo ao novo dent dos EUA, Donald Trump, que perdoe o fundador Binance Changpeng Zhao. Lilic argumenta que a liderança de CZ é importante para a indústria de criptografia, ao mesmo tempo que o descreve como uma vítima de “lawfare” – um uso indevido dos sistemas legais para derrubar oponentes.
No passado, o defensor da criptografia Max Keiser alegou que Sam Bankman-Fried, o desgraçado fundador da FTX, obteria perdão dent ao incriminar CZ. Em abril, Changpeng Zhao recebeu uma sentença de quatro meses de prisão por permitir negociações criminosas na Binance . Ele foi solto em setembro. Após a sentença de culpa em novembro de 2023, CZ teve que renunciar ao cargo de CEO da Binance .
A SBF jogará CZ debaixo do ônibus e então ele conseguirá o perdão dent .
— Max Keiser (@maxkeiser) 28 de outubro de 2023
In the interim, SBF remains in jail completing his 25-year sentence for multiple criminal accounts and fraud charges. Over the months, commentators have argued that CZ has been unfairly targeted amid shifting regulatory policies, while SBF continues to face serious accusations of fraud and financial misconduct. If CZ is proven a scapegoat once Trump takes over, a pardon is speculatively likely. Especially since the crypto community’s support for CZ aligns with Trump’s pro-crypto rhetoric.
During his election campaign, Trump promised better regulations for the crypto sector. Now, he has advocated for the industry’s growth through a Bitcoin Reserve, redirecting the securities and commodities regulators, replacing SEC chief Gary Gensler, and bringing ‘DOGEFather’ Elon Musk into the D.O.G.E vertical. An official forgiveness to the former chief of the largest crypto exchange would fit well in his series of changes for the sector.
During his last term, Trump used his power to grant pardons and reduce sentences less often than most modern presidents, according to PewResearch. But he granted over 70 pardons by the end of his term which included names like Steve Bannon and Elliott Broidy. He reportedly reduced the sentences of 70 others.
The market has already made an indirect connection between CZ and Trump. Bloomberg reported that Changpeng Zhao’s net worth surged by $12 billion after the US Elections in November. CZ’s wealth reportedly made a jump from $38 billion on election day to $52.7 billion the next morning. This proves that there are expectations of friendlier regulatory actions under the Trump administration.
Despite his legal troubles, CZ is a prominent figure for Binance and crypto in general. According to a previous report by the South China Morning Post, Zhao was reportedly met with applause and adoration from fans in a public event post his release.
Therefore, Trump’s pro-crypto stance, coupled with recent market reactions to his victory, sets the stage for a positive development in the CZ-Binance story. But at the time of writing, it remains purely speculative.
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