The Wall Street Journal investigation reported that Tether paid more than 6000000 USD. After leaving the White House, Hines joined Tether, with the dealings prompting questions about a potential conflict of interest.
BlockBeats reports that a fund under Leopold holds Anthropic, and that his wife serves as the Anthropic executive’s chief of staff. If Anthropic goes public, both parties could face conflict-of-interest and insider-trading compliance scrutiny.
X account @katiebiber posted: “Thank you @SECPaulSAtkins for proposing to rescind the SEC pay-to-play rule. It punishes good actors while missing the bad ones. In no universe should a $351 contribution be considered bribery by default. My comment: https://t.co/LxhdEo0rg1”