Donald Trump pardoned senior BitMEX employee Gregory Dwyer and BitMEX's operating entity, HDR Global Trading, alongside the co-founders

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Trump also pardoned Hayes’ co-founders at BitMEX, Samuel Reed and Benjamin Delo, as well as senior employee Greg Dwyer and BitMEX's operating entity, HDR Global Trading, a BitMEX spokesperson said. CNBC first reported the pardons, which the White House said were signed on Thursday.

"The co-founders, former BitMEX CEO Arthur Hayes, Benjamin Delo and Samuel Reed, and former head of business development Gregory Dwyer, previously pled guilty to one count of violating the Bank Secrecy Act related to failure to maintain anti-money laundering and know-your-customer programs," the report said on Friday, adding that prosecutors had accused the co-founders of using BitMEX as a "money laundering platform" and that withdrawing from the U.S. market was "a sham."