Could this be an insider trading? A surge in oil market activity right before Trump’s announcement on Iran raises questions.
All three are known to have close ties with the American president, as well as Michael Dell, head of the eponymous computer group, and Marc Andreessen, from the powerful venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz, also integrated into the board.
Notably absent from the list, however, are the heads of Amazon, Microsoft, Alphabet, or Apple.
A board that will consist of up to 24 members
Donald Trump has also appointed the co-founder of the cryptocurrency exchange platform Coinbase, Fred Ehrsam, to the board, who contributed one million dollars to the president’s inauguration ceremony.
The board will be co-chaired by David Sacks, Donald Trump’s principal advisor on artificial intelligence (AI) and cryptocurrencies, and Michael Kratsios, the White House’s point person on science and technology.
The decree creating the board, issued in January 2025, stipulates that it can have up to 24 members and will be dissolved two years after the publication of the text, theoretically in January 2027, unless extended by the American president.
Is Donald Trump lying to calm the markets?
