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July 22, 2025

White House crypto czar Sacks oversees family token launches

trumporganization.com
www.cftc.gov
www.coinbase.com
Office of Government Ethics
Securities and Exchange Commission
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Industry insiders control regulations while Trump family expands $500 million crypto empire

David SacksDavid Sacks appointed White House crypto/AI czar December 5, 2024, chairs Working Group with SEC, CFTC, Treasury officials

Trump family launched World Liberty Financial September 2024, owns 60% stake, receives 75% of token sale revenue

$Trump meme coin launched January 17, 2025 (3 days before inauguration), generated $324M+ in trading fees by September 2025

Justin Sun invested $75M in WLFI ($30M Nov 2024, $45M Jan 2025), then SEC dropped fraud lawsuit in February 2025

SEC officials "surprised" by Sun case dismissal—they were "highly confident in winning" before Trump took office

World Liberty sold tokens to traders connected to North Korean Lazarus Group hacking team

Abu Dhabi state firm MGX used $2B in World Liberty USD1 stablecoin to finance Binance deal

Eric Trump co-founded American Bitcoin with Hut 8 in March 2025, held $500M Bitcoin by January 2026

Strategic Bitcoin Reserve created March 6, 2025 with ~207,000 BTC worth $17 billion from criminal seizures

764,000 small $Trump traders lost money while 58 wallets made millions from the meme coin

🔒Digital Rights🔐Ethics💰Economy

People, bills, and sources

David Sacks

David Sacks

White House AI and Crypto Czar, PayPal co-founder

Donald Trump

Donald Trump

President

Eric Trump

Trump Organization executive, World Liberty Financial co-founder

Donald Trump Jr.

Trump Organization executive, World Liberty Financial co-founder

Justin Sun

Chinese billionaire crypto investor, Tron founder

Elizabeth Warren

Senator (D-MA), Senate Banking Committee Ranking Member

Maxine Waters

Maxine Waters

Representative (D-CA), House Financial Services Committee Ranking Member

What you can do

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Contact Office of Government Ethics at ethics.gov demanding Sacks divest crypto holdings before writing regulations

2

Call Senate Banking Committee (202) 224-7391 to support Warren's investigation into WLFI foreign token sales

3

File SEC complaints at sec.gov about Trump family profiting from policy decisions (Justin Sun case)

4

Contact House Financial Services Committee (202) 225-4247 demanding hearings on crypto conflicts of interest

5

Support Better Markets (bettermarkets.com) advocacy for independent crypto regulation over industry capture

6

Monitor opensecrets.org for crypto industry lobbying expenditures targeting Sacks' Working Group

7

Join Public Citizen campaigns at citizen.org fighting financial regulatory capture

8

Contact your representative via (202) 224-3121 to support legislation requiring crypto adviser divestment

9

Track Trump family token prices for suspicious surges after policy announcements, report patterns to congressional oversight