Behind the Trump warming on Pakistan is lobbying, money & shady crypto deal inroads into White House

#CutTheClutter Pakistan’ Shehbaz Sharif govt has plunged headlong into cryptocurrency; a thread ties its newly formed crypto council to firm with links to Trump family. In episode 1673 of #CutTheClutter, ThePrint Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta connects the dots to explain how Islamabad has wiggled its way into the Trump White House—and the crypto link that you can’t miss. =========================================================================== Correction: 18:51: WLFI sold $550 million of stablecoin between October 2024 - March 2025 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Read WSJ article: https://www.wsj.com/finance/currencie... --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Read Dawn articles: https://www.dawn.com/news/1914010/fic... https://www.dawn.com/news/1901170/a-q... --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Exclusive content, special privileges & more – Subscribe to ThePrint for Special benefits: https://theprint.in/subscribe/ --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Connect with ThePrint » Subscribe to ThePrint: https://theprint.in/subscribe/ » Subscribe to our YouTube Channel: https://bit.ly/3nCMpht » Like us on Facebook:   / theprintindia   » Tweet us on Twitter:   / theprintindia   » Follow us on Instagram:   / theprintindia   » Find us on LinkedIn :   / theprint   » Subscribe to ThePrint on Telegram: https://t.me/ThePrintIndia » Find us on Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2NMVlnB » Find us on Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3pEOta8

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