House Democrats Criticize Donald Trump's "Corrupt" Connections to Cryptocurrency. Should Investors Be Worried?

It's no secret that President Donald Trump is heavily invested in cryptocurrencies ranging from Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) and Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH) to his Official Trump (CRYPTO: TRUMP) meme coin on Solana, among many others. It's also no secret that the president's focus on cryptocurrency regulation reforms has been a major pillar of his administration's efforts so far. But when those two things combine, political clashes are bound to happen, and at least so far, they aren't frivolous or trivial in nature.On May 6, a hearing on cryptocurrency legislation in the U.S. House of Representatives got contentious, with Democratic Rep. Angie Craig from Minnesota saying: "It's legitimate to call out the self-dealing from the Trump administration related to hawking meme coins from the White House. It's corrupt." Rep. Maxine Waters from California also accused the president and his family of corruption, and Rep. Stephen Lynch from Massachusetts voiced similar concerns.Are these allegations a concern? How should investors be approaching these issues?Continue readingWeiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei MotleyFool Weiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei MotleyFool