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Today in crypto, Binance reportedly reached out to US President Donald Trump’s family in 2024, offering to strike a business deal as part of a plan to resume Binance.US operations in the country, an Argentine lawyer called for a global arrest warrant against the Libra (LIBRA) token creator, and the US securities regulator is preparing to drop its case against Ripple.

Trump family held talks with Binance for stake in crypto exchange — Report

Representatives of US President Donald Trump’s family have reportedly held talks with Binance about potentially acquiring a stake in the crypto exchange.

Binance reached out to Trump’s family representatives in 2024, offering to strike a business deal as part of a plan to resume Binance.US operations in the country, The Wall Street Journal reported on March 13.

Citing sources familiar with the matter, the report mentioned that Binance’s billionaire founder Changpeng Zhao — who served four months in prison in the US — has been pushing for the Trump administration to grant him a pardon.

“It is unclear what form the Trump family stake would take if the deal comes together or whether it would be contingent on a pardon,” the report said.

According to WSJ, a potential opportunity could be a scenario where Trump takes the stake in Binance or proceeds with the deal through World Liberty Financial, a Trump-backed crypto venture launched in September.

Minutes before the WSJ article was published at 1:00 pm UTC, Trump took to Truth Social to slam the publication for allegedly reporting wrong information.

“The Globalist Wall Street Journal has no idea what they are doing or saying. They are owned by the polluted thinking of the European Union, which was formed for the primary purpose of ‘screwing’ the United States of America,” the president wrote.

Source: Donald Trump

Argentine lawyer wants Interpol red notice on LIBRA creator: Report

Argentine lawyer Gregorio Dalbon has asked to have Interpol file a global arrest warrant for Hayden Davis, the co-creator of the LIBRA token that caused a political scandal in the country.

Local media reported that Dalbon lodged the request to prosecutor Eduardo Taiano, who is probing President Javier Milei’s involvement with the token.

Dalbon claimed there was a risk if Davis remained free as he could have access to vast amounts of money, allowing him to flee the US or go into hiding and alleged “his central role” in Libra “increases the likelihood that he will take steps to evade justice.”

Hayden Davis (left) poses with Argentine President Javier Milei. Source: Javier Milei

He asked for Davis’ arrest and for “an Interpol red notice [to] be issued in order to locate and arrest him, with a view to his extradition.”

Davis helped make the LIBRA token that Milei shared on social media last month, which rocketed it to a peak value of over $4 billion. The token’s creators held most of the supply and sold, crashing its price and leading to accusations that it was a pump-and-dump scheme.

SEC’s enforcement case against Ripple may be wrapping up

The US Securities and Exchange Commission may be preparing to end its enforcement action against Ripple Labs after more than four years.

According to a March 12 X post from Fox Business reporter Eleanor Terrett, the SEC’s case against Ripple was “in the process of wrapping up” after the parties filed an appeal and cross-appeal, respectively, over a $125-million court judgment in August 2024. The civil case against the blockchain firm filed in December 2020 alleged Ripple and certain executives used XRP (XRP) as an unregistered security to raise funds.

Ripple chief legal officer Stuart Alderoty told Cointelegraph on March 11 that the SEC civil case was “far more advanced” than many of the others the regulator had dropped following the inauguration of US President Donald Trump and the departure of Chair Gary Gensler. Since January, the SEC has announced it will not pursue enforcement cases against Coinbase, Consensys, Kraken and others.

“We do have a judgment, we are on appeal — that presents some additional complexity,” said Alderoty in regard to the case potentially being dropped. “But we remain optimistic that we’ll get to a resolution with the SEC, and if we don’t, we’ll proceed with the appeal.”

According to the Ripple CLO, there were several possible outcomes to ending the SEC case if both parties were in agreement that it should wind down. 

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