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.