Trump’s White House weighs 250 pardons to celebrate America's 250th birthday

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Source: Keonne Rodriguez Meanwhile, at least two petitions calling for a pardon for the Tornado Cash founders, Roman Storm and Roman Semenov, are currently live; however, they have only 22 and 9 signatures, respectively. Storm has not publicly asked for a pardon. Storm was convicted last August on charges of conspiring to operate an unlicensed money transmitting business and is still facing charges of money laundering and sanctions violation conspiracy. Semenov is considered on the run and is wanted by the FBI. The case against Rodriguez and Storm has been closely followed by crypto advocates, many of whom argue they shouldn't be held responsible for the actions of third parties using their software. Several crypto founders have already received pardons during Trump’s second term as president. Last year, the White House pardoned the co-founders of crypto exchange BitMEX: Arthur Hayes, Benjamin Delo and Samuel Reed, who all pleaded guilty to failing to maintain anti-money laundering and know-your-customer programs in violation of the Bank Secrecy Act. Related: US CLARITY Act sees ‘big step forward’ as markup set for May 14 Binance founder Changpeng “CZ” Zhao was also pardoned in 2025. He already served a four-month prison sentence after pleading guilty to one count of violating the US Bank Secrecy Act for failing to maintain an effective anti-money laundering program at Binance. Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht was one of the first to receive a pardon from Trump in January 2025 for his life sentence in connection with his operation of the dark web marketplace. Magazine: eToro founder timed Bitcoin top perfectly due to belief in 4 year cycles More on the subject

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