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Donations to Trump’s 2025 inauguration fund total more than $18,000,000 alone from crypto:

Question.... ...would you support a crypto company with your money if it donated funds to pedophiles, fascists and criminals or was even in partnership with them?

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Question....
...would you support a crypto company with your money if it donated funds to pedophiles, fascists and criminals or was even in partnership with them?

(Or...Decentralisation my ass)

Donations to Trump’s 2025 inauguration fund total more than $18,000,000 alone from crypto:

• Ripple donated about $4,900,000 in XRP
• Robinhood donated about $2,000,000
• Coinbase donated about $1,000,000
• Kraken donated about $1,000,000
• Crypto com donated about $1,000,000
• Circle donated about $1,000,000
• Solana Labs donated about $1,000,000
• Galaxy Digital donated about $1,000,000
• Ondo Finance donated about $1,000,000
• Input Output Global Cardano donated about $250,000
• Yuga Labs donated about $100,000
• Consensys donated about $100,000

Additionally, Foris DAX Inc, the operator of Crypto com, reportedly gave about $20,000,000 to the Trump aligned MAGA Inc super PAC.

Other reported crypto industry political donations and donors to Trump aligned PAC structures:

• Gemini Trust Company reportedly donated about $1,500,000 in USDC to MAGA Inc
• Blockchain com reportedly donated about $5,000,000 to MAGA Inc
• Cameron Winklevoss reportedly donated about $500,000 to MAGA Inc
• Tyler Winklevoss reportedly donated about $500,000 to MAGA Inc

Separately, major crypto firms and investors including Coinbase, Ripple and Andreessen Horowitz were key contributors to the Fairshake crypto PAC, which became one of the largest political spending vehicles in the 2024 election cycle supporting pro crypto candidates.

If not, it would be good for you to know that there are also projects and platforms doing business with $USD1 and $WLFI, including bonkfun and Raydium .

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None of these companies have publicly apologized for these donations or publicly distanced themselves from these political ties.

Here are some of the sources (examples) for your own research. Always do your own research. Stay vigilant. Stay CEXless.

1. Crypto firms donated to Trump’s inaugural fund
https://t.co/HLUFqLWMI0

2. Crypto industry donors to Trump’s inauguration (Fortune)
https://t.co/pIU9Nooek4

3. More detailed donor list including crypto donors (AP / 29news)
https://t.co/PS6SH0hOKX

Crypto political action committee activity

4. Fairshake SuperPAC funded by crypto companies (Wikipedia)
https://t.co/OBzdtFwotg

5. Ripple Labs political activities and PAC funding
https://t.co/AnLg97gXKb

MAGA Inc super PAC donors (including crypto-connected individuals/companies)

6. MAGA Inc. donor list including crypto industry affiliates
https://t.co/EGU4iQ3xZE.

Additional context on related crypto business ventures

7. World Liberty Financial (WLFI) details
https://t.co/xwkR3MHcE8

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Remember this. Crypto Twitter will wake up to it in a few weeks or months and start talking about it.

Just like it did after months of me pointing it out with Binance, Trump, USD1, WLFI and the CZ connections. https://t.co/vinIqKHO2S

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