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Zach Witkoff, a co-founder of the Donald Trump family-supported cryptocurrency platform World Liberty Financial (WLFI), has dismissed attempts by US legislators to scrutinize the president\u2019s potential conflicts of interest.<\/p>\n
In a letter dated May 15 to Senator Richard Blumenthal, attorneys for World Liberty Financial asserted<\/a> that the call for an investigation into the cryptocurrency platform was grounded on \u201cfundamentally flawed assumptions and inaccuracies.\u201d Witkoff did not directly respond to any allegations, stating that WLFI was \u201ctoo occupied with development\u201d to engage in oversight.<\/p>\n \u201cThe Company rejects the false dilemma between innovation and oversight,\u201d the letter indicated. \u201cWhat it opposes is the exploitation of regulatory power and ambiguity to stifle lawful innovation.\u201d<\/p>\n Blumenthal, the leading member of the US Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, was among numerous Democrats calling for inquiries and legislative modifications<\/a> in light of Trump\u2019s associations with WLFI, along with his TRUMP memecoin and its dinner slated for the primary tokenholders on May 22. <\/p>\n The GENIUS Act, a proposed legislation to classify stablecoins as payment instruments currently under consideration in Congress, could serve as an indicator<\/a> for how legislators plan to address the president\u2019s possible conflicts of interest.<\/p>\n One of Blumenthal\u2019s and many US lawmakers\u2019 concerns regarding Trump\u2019s association with WLFI<\/a> concerns the USD1 stablecoin, which the platform unveiled in March. An investment firm based in Abu Dhabi revealed in May that it would utilize the stablecoin to facilitate a $2-billion investment in Binance, a cryptocurrency exchange that had previously come under investigation by US authorities.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cWLFI\u2019s financial connections with the President, his family, and the Trump Administration pose unprecedented conflicts of interest and national security concerns, including potential breaches of the foreign emoluments clause,\u201d Blumenthal noted in a May 6 letter to Witkoff. <\/p>\n Related: <\/strong><\/em>What are the forthcoming steps for the US stablecoin bill?<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\nDiscourse on stablecoin legislation persists in Republican-led Congress<\/h2>\n