Tether Paid a Firm Owned by a Former White House Crypto Official, WSJ
A Wall Street Journal investigation alleges that Tether paid approximately $6.3 million to a consulting firm partly owned by Bo Hines while he served as a senior White House cryptocurrency official. Hines helped advance...
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Tether paid millions to Bo Hines’ firm while he worked at the White House
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