Close of week A: Shanghai stock index rose 0.47%, Shenzhen stock index rose 1.46%

According to CoinDesk, Trump pardoned Ripple's board chief Ken Kerson. Kirson was one of 73 people who received a full forgiveness from Trump. Another 70 people had their sentences commuted, but the names did not include Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht, who said he decided to pardon last month. Julian Assange, founder of Wikileaks, which helped popularize Bitcoin, or Edward Snowden, provided detailed information on Wikileaks surveillance activities in the United States. Others were pardoned on Wednesday, including former CEO Steve Bannon, who worked on the cryptocurrency project in 2018 before being arrested for fraud in 2020. Incidentally, Ken Kurson, board member of Ripple and founder of cryptocurrency site Today Ok, was arrested and charged with an online divorce investigation.