★ Private Action
Frederick Ehrsam donates $1M to Trump-Vance inaugural
Filed January 2025$1,000,000
★ The Brief
What happened
Frederick "Fred" Ehrsam, a co-founder of cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase and co-founder and general partner of Paradigm — a crypto-focused venture-capital firm — contributed $1,000,000 to the Trump-Vance Inaugural Committee.
Who enabled it
Who benefits
Deal or steal?
Trump's SEC dismissed its civil enforcement case against Coinbase, and crypto enforcement overall fell 60% in his first year. Both Coinbase and Ehrsam's venture firm Paradigm separately gave $1 million to the Trump-Vance inaugural.
Frederick Ehrsam, affiliated with Paradigm Operations, donated $1,000,000 to the Trump-Vance Inaugural Committee in connection with the 2025 presidential inauguration. Industry: Cryptocurrency.
Actors
Who pushed it · 1Who initiated, paid, or pushed the action.
- Frederick Ehrsam
Donated $1,000,000 to the Trump-Vance Inaugural Committee.
Beneficiaries
Who gained · 1Who stood to gain.
- Trump-Vance Inaugural Committee
Received $1,000,000 from Frederick Ehrsam.
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