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NEWS: Trump pardons BitMEX co-founders of AML offences

Representations of cryptocurrencies in this illustration taken January 24, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration

By Prakhar Srivastava, Pretish M J and Juby Babu

U.S. President Donald Trump has issued pardons to the three co-founders of cryptocurrency exchange BitMEX, a White House official said.

In addition, former employee Gregory Dwyer and an entity owning and operating the crypto exchange received full and unconditional pardons, BitMEX confirmed in an emailed statement to Reuters.

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