The U.A.E. Got Chips. The Trump Team Got Crypto Riches | Interview

This week, The Times’s David Yaffe-Bellany brings us inside the blockbuster New York Times investigation into a $2 billion investment in Trump’s crypto company World Liberty Financial and a controversial deal to send the most powerful A.I. chips to the United Arab Emirates.

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David Yaffe-Bellany, New York Times technology reporter covering the crypto industry

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In Giant Deals, U.A.E. Got Chips, and Trump Team Got Crypto Riches

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