Article 6TQ72 Experts alarmed by Trumps’ crypto meme coins: ‘America voted for corruption’

Experts alarmed by Trumps’ crypto meme coins: ‘America voted for corruption’

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Callum Jones in New York
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President and first lady's business ventures show shameful conflicts of interest', says ex-government ethics official

Donald Trump was accused of corruption as he returned to the White House days after launching a multibillion-dollar cryptocurrency meme coin. Former government ethics officials and presidential experts said the venture amounted to a shameful" conflict of interest.

The president and his wife, Melania, each announced their own respective coins ahead of his inauguration. Both were valued at billions of dollars as Trump took the oath of office on Monday.

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