简而言之 在披露的信息显示加密货币相关收入超过 12 亿美元后,参议院民主党人呼吁就特朗普总统的加密资产持有情况举行听证会。 立法者列举了潜在的利益冲突、外国影响以及特朗普在制定加密货币政策方面的作用。 这一推动之际,《澄清法案》因针对特朗普加密货币企业的道德条款而陷入停滞。 新的财务披露显示,加密货币去年为特朗普总统创造了超过 12 亿美元的收入,民主党参议员呼吁就唐纳德·特朗普总统的加密货币持有情况举行听证会。 五名参议院民主党人——伊丽莎白·沃伦 (D-MA)、理查德·布卢门撒尔 (D-CT)、加里·彼得斯 (D-MI)、迪克·德宾 (D-IL) 和罗恩·怀登 (D-OR) 表示,这些披露引发了人们对潜在利益冲突、外国影响以及特朗普在从该行业获利的同时制定加密货币政策的担忧。
立法者在周五的一份声明中表示:“这些披露加剧了人们对总统推动国会通过加密货币立法以支持他所从中获利的行业的担忧,政府将加密货币和服务提供商从现有金融服务法规中豁免的举措,以及削弱执法力度的措施,包括解散司法部的国家加密货币执法小组。” 签署今天这封信的参议员分别是参议院银行委员会、调查委员会、国土安全委员会、司法委员会和金融委员会的民主党高层。他们要求所有这些机构就总统的加密货币交易举行听证会。 该组织特别强调了特朗普的披露如何表明未知的“第三方”拥有其家族的加密货币公司 World Liberty Financial 的股份。阿联酋王室去年购买了该公司 49% 的股份。
在特朗普政府敦促国会通过《澄清法案》之际,提出了举行听证会的要求,这是一项具有里程碑意义的法案,将正式使美国的大多数加密货币活动合法化。该立法因许多问题而陷入停滞,其中最主要的是针对总统在任期间发行和认可数字资产的能力的道德条款的分歧。 特朗普上个月发布的财务披露报告显示,他从加密相关企业中赚取了超过 12 亿美元,其中超过 6.35 亿美元与他的特朗普模因币相关,超过 5.88 亿美元来自与 World Liberty Financial 相关的代币销售。披露的信息还显示特朗普持有价值数千万美元的比特币和以太坊。 两名民主党人从党内分裂出来,支持推进该法案,五月,《澄清法案》在参议院银行委员会中获得通过——尽管立法者警告称,为了在参议院赢得选票,仍需要就道德语言达成协议。 该法案的支持者认为,鉴于 11 月中期选举迫在眉睫,该法案需要在 8 月之前获得国会批准才能在今年成为法律。 每日简报时事通讯
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Senate Democrats called for hearings into President Trump’s crypto holdings after disclosures showed over $1.2 billion in crypto-related income.
The lawmakers cited potential conflicts of interest, foreign influence, and Trump’s role in shaping crypto policy.
The push comes as the Clarity Act remains stalled over ethics provisions targeting Trump’s crypto ventures.
Democratic senators are calling for congressional hearings into President Donald Trump’s crypto holdings after new financial disclosures revealed they generated over $1.2 billion in income for him last year.
Five Senate Democrats—Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Gary Peters (D-MI), Dick Durbin (D-IL), and Ron Wyden (D-OR)—said the disclosures raised concerns about potential conflicts of interest, foreign influence, and Trump’s role in shaping crypto policy while profiting off the industry.
“The disclosures heighten concerns about the president pushing Congress to pass crypto legislation in favor of the very industry he’s cashing in on, the administration’s moves to exempt cryptocurrencies and service providers from existing financial services regulations, and its steps to weaken enforcement, including by disbanding the Department of Justice’s National Cryptocurrency Enforcement Team,” the lawmakers said in a statement Friday.
The senators who signed today’s letter are the top Democrats on the Senate Banking, Investigations, Homeland Security, Judiciary, and Finance committees, respectively. They have requested that all of those bodies hold hearings on the president’s crypto dealings.
The group specifically underscored how Trump’s disclosures showed that unknown “third-parties” own a stake in his family’s crypto company, World Liberty Financial. UAE royals purchased a 49% stake in the firm last year.
The request for hearings comes as the Trump administration pushes Congress to pass the Clarity Act, a landmark bill that would formally legalize most crypto activity in the United States. The legislation has stalled over numerous issues, chief among them disagreements over ethics provisions targeting the president’s ability to issue and endorse digital assets while in office.
Trump’s financial disclosure report, released last month, showed he earned more than $1.2 billion from crypto-related ventures, including more than $635 million tied to his Trump meme coin and over $588 million from token sales connected to World Liberty Financial. The disclosures also showed Trump holds tens of millions of dollars worth of Bitcoin and Ethereum.
The Clarity Act advanced out of the Senate Banking Committee in May after two Democrats split from their party to support moving the bill forward—though the lawmakers warned a deal on ethics language remained necessary to earn their votes on the Senate floor.
The legislation’s supporters argue it needs to clear Congress by August to become law this year, given the looming November midterm elections.