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Donald Trump dismissed criticism of his cryptocurrency profits after a new disclosure revealed
that he earned more than $1 billion from such ventures last year.
This was driven by sales of Mr. Trump's meme coin, Trumpcoin,
as well as deals linked to his family's crypto firm, World Liberty Financial.
The president said external institutions, whom he, quote, never speaks to, run his finances.
The White House denied that there was a conflict of interest.
A Qatari spokesman said separate meetings with American and Iranian negotiators in Doha made positive progress.
He said further talks would be planned after the funeral of Ali Khamenei, Iran's supreme leader,