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Andrei Grachev
Private Sector Figure · Founder, DWF Labs
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Andrei Grachev is an Uzbek-born crypto investor and managing partner of DWF Labs, the UAE-based market-making firm he founded in 2022. Before DWF Labs, he served as CEO of Huobi Russia and as an executive at the Russian Association of Cryptocurrency and Blockchain (RACIB). A Moscow criminal court convicted him of fraud in 2015 in a cargo-theft scheme, imposing a suspended three-year sentence and five-year probation; The Nation has documented allegations of investor losses across crypto ventures he ran during the probation period.
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Trump's two top market regulators launch joint 'Project Crypto'
Cryptocurrency sector — A coordinated CFTC/SEC framework for digital assets gives the crypto industry the regulatory clarity it has lobbied for, lowering legal risk for exchanges, custodians, and token issuers across the board.
Trump orders Labor Department to allow alternative assets in 401(k)s
Cryptocurrency sector — The same order also expands the addressable market for crypto-asset products inside retirement plans, a tailwind for digital-asset issuers and exchanges seeking distribution into mainstream retirement savings.
Russian-linked DWF Labs buys $25M in Trump crypto tokens
DWF Labs managing partner who orchestrated the $25 million WLFI purchase and was photographed in Dubai with Eric Trump. Uzbek-born, based in the UAE and Switzerland; convicted of fraud by a Moscow criminal court in 2015 (cargo-theft scheme, suspended sentence, five-year probation) and alleged to have run three failed crypto ventures during probation. Prior roles tie him to Russian state banks VEB and VTB through RACIB and VRM Trade. Publicly told reporters of the WLFI deal: "It cannot be a scam, right? And we have to invest."
Trump's SEC crypto enforcement falls 60% in first year
Cryptocurrency sector — A 60% drop in SEC crypto enforcement actions and a ~97% drop in monetary penalties lowers the cost of doing business for digital-asset firms industry-wide, beyond the handful of cases that were individually dismissed.
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