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Mysterious investor in Trump crypto was member of London club suspected to have Beijing links

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Guren 'Bobby' Zhou, standing with Zach Witkoff, right, in a private suite at the Argentina vs. Spain FIFA World Cup final match in East Rutherford, N.J., on 19 July 2026.
Guren "Bobby" Zhou, standing with Zach Witkoff, right, in a private suite at the Argentina vs. Spain FIFA World Cup final match in East Rutherford, N.J., on 19 July 2026. © Vincent Alban/The New York Times/Redux -REA

The owner of Aqua1 Foundation, the company that invested $100m in World Liberty Financial, was a member of the 48 Group, a London-based club suspected of having links to the Chinese government.

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