The Winklevoss twins, founders of the cryptocurrency firm Gemini, every donated 15.47 Bitcoin, or $1 million, in June to help Trump’s election. Nevertheless, that quantity exceeded the utmost of $844,600 {that a} joint committee of Trump’s marketing campaign and different GOP teams can legally settle for per particular person, so the surplus above that restrict was refunded.
Tyler Winklevoss posted on X that the Biden administration has “overtly declared struggle on crypto,” whereas Cameron Winklevoss wrote that Trump is “pro-Bitcoin, pro-crypto, and pro-business.”
Earlier this 12 months, Gemini entered a $2 billion settlement, the most important in opposition to a cryptocurrency firm in New York’s historical past, to repay buyers.