COINDESK DAILY: U.S. Lawmakers Visit Detained Binance Exec in Nigeria; Winklevoss Twins Donate to Trump Campaign
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🗓️ 21 June 2024
⏱️ 3 minutes
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Host Jennifer Sanasie breaks down the news in the crypto industry from U.S. lawmakers visiting the detained Binance executive in Nigeria to the Winklevoss twins' donations to Trump's presidential campaign.
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"CoinDesk Daily" host Jennifer Sanasie breaks down the biggest headlines impacting the crypto industry today, Congressman French Hill and Congresswoman Chrissy Houlahan visited Tigran Gambaryan in a Nigerian prison. Plus, Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss announced their donations to the campaign of former President Donald Trump and Standard Chartered is establishing a spot trading desk for buying and selling bitcoin and ether.
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| 0:51.6 | Congressman French Hill and Congresswoman Chrissy Hulahan visited Tigran Gambarian in a Nigerian prison on Wednesday as the Binance Executive remains incarcerated. |
| 1:01.6 | Hill said Gambarion is suffering from malaria and double pneumonia. |
| 1:05.4 | And he added that the finance executive reported that he is being denied access to adequate medical attention. |
| 1:12.0 | He'll ask the U.S. |
| 1:17.7 | Embassy to advocate for the humanitarian release of Gambarion. Gambarion has been held since February and is facing money laundering charges due to his involvement with the crypto exchange. |
| 1:23.6 | Gemini CEO Tyler and his twin brother Cameron Winklevoss, the company's president, gave $1 million each to the campaign of former president Donald Trump. |
| 1:33.9 | In an ex post, Tyler Winklewoss expressed his disappointment in the Biden administration, claiming that it has weaponized multiple government agencies against the crypto industry. |
| 1:43.9 | He then wrote, quote, |
| 1:45.5 | President Donald J. Trump is the pro-Biccoin, pro-crypto, and pro-business choice, end quote. |
| 1:53.0 | The twins had already been major donors for 2024 U.S. campaigns, each previously giving about |
| 1:58.6 | $2.7 million, mostly to the industry's Super PAC, |
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