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, the founder of Silk Road, a black market website that was key to the early growth of bitcoin. Trump has also staked his administration with outspoken crypto backers while his administration has undone or paused several enforcement actions taken against large crypto companies.Several other Trump officials are speakers at the bitcoin conference, as are his sons Don Jr. and Eric. The president and his family’s use of crypto as a platform to make money for the Trump brand has drawn
from Democrats and even crypto enthusiasts as corrupt and unseemly.The Trump family holds about a 60% stake in, a crypto project that recently launched its own stablecoin, a fast-growing form of cryptocurrency whose values is often tied to the U.S. dollar. The
earlier this month that creates a federal framework to regulate stablecoins, a bill that Vance said the Trump administration wants passed into law quickly.Trump’s media company announced Tuesday that it was raising $2.5 billion to buy bitcoin, the world’s oldest and most popular cryptocurrency. The president and the first lady have also launched their own meme coins, with Trump recently attending a dinner for some of his coins’ biggest investors.
Eric and Don Jr., who are running the Trump Organization while their father is president, have also recently announced they are partnering with an existing firm to create a crypto mining company. They also spoke at the conference Wednesday, where they criticized the traditional banking system and heaped praise on crypto and their supporters in the audience.
“I’m not sure if we would have won in the same decisive manner had it not been for this incredible community,” Eric Trump said.Though Lineker is leaving his role at “Match of the Day,” he has signed a contract extension that will see him host the national broadcaster’s coverage of the FA Cup through to 2026 as well as next year’s World Cup tournament in North America. He has for years been the BBC’s highest paid star.
Prior to Lineker’s apology, the BBC’s director-general Tim Davie said the broadcaster’s reputation is “held by everyone and when someone makes a mistake, it costs us.”He added: “And I think we absolutely need people to be the exemplars of BBC values and follow our social media policies, simple as that.”
The Campaign Against Antisemitism has urged Davie to sack Lineker, who is also the co-founder of the hugely successful “Goalhanger” podcasts, makers of the popular “The Rest is History” series and its spin-offs about politics, football, entertainment and money.“As the BBC’s highest-paid presenter and owner of a major media enterprise, maybe he knows exactly what he’s doing,” a spokersperson for the organization said. “Having looked the other way until now, at this point, it is clear that Mr. Lineker’s continued association with the BBC is untenable. He must go.”