US President Donald Trump has pardoned three co-founders of the BitMEX cryptocurrency exchange and a fourth high-ranking former employee. The co-founders are Arthur Hayes, Benjamin Delo, and Samuel Reed. 

Prosecutors accused the co-founders of effectively running the BitMEX exchange as a money laundering platform and that its purported withdrawal from the US market was a sham. 

Trump Pardons BitMEX Founders 

US President Donald Trump has pardoned three co-founders of the BitMEX cryptocurrency exchange and a fourth former high-level employee. The founders, including Arthur Hayes, Benjamin Delo, and Samuel Reed, along with former head of business development Gregory Dwyer had pleaded guilty to one count of violating the Bank Secrecy Act in 2022 and were mandated to pay $30 …