According to the source, an X post dated Oct 26, 2025 claims that a $740K Binance lobbying push in Washington preceded a pardon for CZ by Donald Trump, but the post provides no supporting documents or official records to substantiate the allegation (source: X post on Oct 26, 2025). The post does not include links to U.S. Lobbying Disclosure Act filings, White House clemency announcements, or Department of Justice statements, leaving the claim unverified from the provided information (source: X post on Oct 26, 2025). Given the lack of corroboration in the source, traders should avoid repositioning solely on this headline and wait for confirmation from primary records such as WhiteHouse.gov clemency statements or DOJ press releases before reassessing BNB and exchange-token risk premia (source: absence of corroborating evidence in the X post on Oct 26, 2025 and standard verification channels listed above).

According to @PANewsCN, citing Politico and U.S. lobbying disclosures, Binance hired North Carolina lobbyist Ches McDowell at the end of September to lobby the White House and the Treasury on financial policy issues and administrative relief, paying 450,000 dollars for one month of work, source: Politico; U.S. Lobbying Disclosure Act filings. McDowell’s firm, Checkmate Government Relations, generated 7.1 million dollars in the last three months after opening a Washington office earlier this year, source: Politico. In February, about three weeks after President Trump’s inauguration, Binance and CEO Changpeng Zhao also retained crypto lawyer Teresa Goody Guillén, whose firm has received 290,000 dollars year-to-date from Binance and Zhao, source: Politico; law firm report. For traders, these engagements target regulatory and administrative relief in the U.S., making Binance’s U.S. policy exposure and BNB headline risk key items to monitor via official lobbying filings and any White House or Treasury readouts, source: Politico; U.S. lobbying disclosures.