I think it speaks more to the sloppiness of the action more than its expansiveness. Pardoning a corporation is silly - corporations aren't subject to jail time

I think it speaks more to the sloppiness of the action more than its expansiveness. Pardoning a corporation is silly - corporations aren't subject to jail time and the administration can't really change the regulating laws. So really you are just absolving them of a 1-time fine. BitMEX being named on the pardon was probably more of an oversight by a pardon-happy administration than it was a calculated legal decision.