#bitmex
Trump just pardoned crypto firm BitMex for violating money laundering laws — making him potentially the first president in American history to pardon a corporation.

It's truly a new Golden Age for corporate crime.
April 4, 2025 at 6:01 PM
CNBC: President Donald Trump granted pardons to three co-founders of the BitMEX global cryptocurrency exchange

Prosecutors accused the men of effectively operating BitMEX as a “money laundering platform” and that its purported withdrawal from the US market was “a sham”

www.cnbc.com/2025/03/28/t...
Trump pardons three BitMEX crypto exchange co-founders, and ex-employee
Trevor Milton, founder and former CEO of electric truck maker Nikola, revealed that Trump had pardoned him for his criminal conviction for securities fraud.
www.cnbc.com
March 29, 2025 at 2:36 AM
A reminder that Delo previously pled guilty in the US to violating money laundering protections and agreed to pay a $10 million fine for "willfully” breaking the law with his BitMex platform, which was described as "in effect a money laundering platform.”

This is who owns Farage now
September 11, 2026 at 9:14 PM
BitMEX fined additional $100 million for regulatory violations

January 15, 2025
https://www.web3isgoinggreat.com/?id=bitmex-fined-additional-100-million
January 15, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Trump pardons three founders of BitMEX cryptocurrency exchange

Trump pardoned three founders of the BitMEX cryptocurrency exchange.

www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
Trump pardons three founders of BitMEX cryptocurrency exchange convicted of money laundering
Trump pardoned three founders of the BitMEX cryptocurrency exchange.
www.usatoday.com
March 28, 2025 at 7:40 PM
March 22, 2024 at 12:14 AM
Delo pleaded guilty in the US in 2022 to failing to implement adequate anti-money-laundering controls at BitMEX. He’s as fucking corrupt as you. He received a fucking pardon from Donald Trump. Say no fucking more.
September 12, 2026 at 9:28 AM
BitMEX Shuts Down Crypto Trading, Leaves Withdrawals Open

https://newisty.com/blog/bitmex-shuts-down-crypto-trading-leaves-withdrawals-open?utm_source=social&utm_campaign=crypto_news

#bitmex #exchangeshutdown #cryptotrading
September 23, 2026 at 10:14 AM
Reform UK has received a £36m donation from a British cryptocurrency billionaire called Ben Delo

Last year Delo was given an unconditional pardon by President Trump over a breach of anti-money laundering laws at his crypto trading platform, BitMEX, to which he had pleaded guilty in 2022
September 12, 2026 at 7:45 AM
Reform is increasingly relying on funding from crypto billionaires. The latest is Ben Delo who is moving back to the UK from Hong Kong to avoid the £100k cap on political donations from Brit ex-pats.

Delo, who made his fortune with BitMEX crypto trading, gave Reform £4m earlier this year.
April 9, 2026 at 8:06 AM
John Oliver dug up old footage of Trump defending corruption on TV.

He also issued the first-ever corporate pardon to BitMEX, "which had been sentenced to a $100 million fine for violating an anti-money laundering law."
August 4, 2025 at 4:28 AM
Battered BitMEX, the crypto exchange co-founded and co-owned by Reform UK mega-donor Ben Dalo, is being sued for £495 million over allegedly stolen Bitcoin, days ahead of being shut down.💰
Celsius sues BitMEX for $495 million just 11 days before exchange shutdown
Celsius bankruptcy estate is chasing a 6,360 BTC claim against BitMEX that could become one of its largest remaining recovery efforts.
cryptoslate.com
September 19, 2026 at 11:10 AM
President Donald Trump just granted pardons to three co-founders of the BitMEX cryptocurrency exchange.

The co-founders, Arthur Hayes, Benjamin Delo and Samuel Reed, previously pled guilty to a range of federal criminal charges related to money laundering
March 28, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Yet another blatant abuse of power by Trump.

Never forgive the complicit Republicans for this.

www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
Trump pardons three founders of BitMEX cryptocurrency exchange convicted of money laundering
Trump pardoned three founders of the BitMEX cryptocurrency exchange.
www.usatoday.com
March 29, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Trump is now pardoning entire corporations.

Trump issued full and unconditional pardons to four individuals and a related cryptocurrency exchange, BitMEX.

One of the most evil things in America is Citizens United.

thehill.com/opinion/crim...
thehill.com
April 1, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Crypto billionaire Ben Delo has given Reform UK £36m, the largest donation to a British political party on record.

Delo, who co-founded the crypto exchange BitMEX, says the business was honestly run and never lost customer funds.

➡️ Watch Page 94, the Private Eye podcast: youtu.be/GqNXMniIPMQ
September 16, 2026 at 7:29 AM
Reform UK's record-breaking donor was accused of running “in effect a money laundering platform”.

Prosecutors accused Delo of being the “leader of a criminal enterprise” who knew that his Bitmex platform had become a “magnet for money laundering and criminal activity”.
Reform UK Is Now a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of the Corrupt Crypto Industry
As criminal investigations into Reform’s funding continue, much of the British press continues to give a free pass to Nigel Farage’s shady funders
www.adambienkov.co.uk
September 12, 2026 at 10:40 AM
Trump makes nauseating history: 1st US presidental pardon of corporation: thehill.com/opinion/crim...

His pardon of #BitMEX shows crypto criminals can trust him, for reasons he's no incentive to ever make known. BitMEX can keep up crimes w/ impunity, maybe thwart future investigations

#EndImpunity
thehill.com
April 4, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Trump pardoned crypto exchange BitMEX, potentially wiping out the $100 million fine it owed and making it legally impossible for federal prosecutors to pursue the firm.

This is yet another crypto company that the Trump administration has let off the hook.
thehill.com
April 8, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Something of interest happened in January. BitMEX created a swap listing tied to the $TRUMP memecoin. Two months later, Trump pardoned the co-founders and the company. trib.al/tuvBarA
July 23, 2026 at 2:06 PM
You know someone read your article when

protos.com/bitmex-inves...
September 8, 2025 at 9:24 PM
The BitMEX cryptocurrency exchange says it detected and stopped an intrusion attempt from North Korean hacking group Lazarus.

BitMEX's security team gained access to one of the group's servers and traced one of its operators to Jiaxing, China.

blog.bitmex.com/bitmex-busts...
Beyond the Pond Phish: Unraveling Lazarus Group's Evolving Tactics | BitMEX Blog
Lazarus Group, the infamous North Korean cybercriminal actors, tried to pull a fast one on BitMEX with a bogus NFT project. This article details how we observed their infection log database, providing...
blog.bitmex.com
June 1, 2025 at 5:28 PM
I hear neither Reform nor donor Delo want this news getting round. Via Private Eye
April 16, 2026 at 7:15 AM
BitMEX invested heavily in US lobbying before its pardon protos.com/bitmex-inves...
BitMEX invested heavily in US lobbying before its pardon
According to OpenSecrets, BitMEX paid nearly $800K between 2019 and 2021 to lobbying and consultancy firm Edelman.
protos.com
September 3, 2025 at 4:10 PM