How Crypto Has Earned the Trump Family Billions

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  Hundreds of National Guard troops begin patrolling Washington, D.C.

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  Plus,

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  we look at the recipe behind the Trump family's cryptocurrency haul and how booze has become a new front in the U.S.-Canada trade war.

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  Eight of the country's 10 provinces have stopped buying U.S. alcohol,

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  which is really hurting many U.S. distillers who depend on Canada as their largest export market.

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  It's Wednesday, August 13th.

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  I'm Azhar Sukri for The Wall Street Journal.

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  Here is the AM edition of What's News,

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  the top headlines and business stories moving your world today.

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  The Trump family's crypto venture has generated more wealth since the election,

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  some $4.5 billion, than any other part of the president's business empire.

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  A major reason for the success is a partnership with trading platform PancakeSwap.

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  It's quietly administered by the world's largest crypto exchange,

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  Binance, whose founder is seeking a pardon from President Trump.

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  So write journal crypto reporters Angus Berwick and Patricia Kalsman.

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  Patricia, this sounds like a lot of money.

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  Tell us about this partnership.

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  Yeah, so BankingSwap is an online trading platform,

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  basically, where people can buy and sell cryptocurrencies.

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  And we have a company called World Liberty Financial,

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