World Liberty Financial is using Sunday’s UFC Freedom 250 at the White House to put its USD1 stablecoin directly into fighters’ hands, marking one of the most visible real-world deployments of a Trump family crypto product to date. WLFI Puts $250K Into the Bonus Pool The Trump-linked crypto firm announced it would serve as the […]
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World Liberty Financial has sold an additional 5.9 billion WLFI tokens to undisclosed private investors, without informing existing backers, sending the token to an all-time low and deepening scrutiny over the Trump family-backed decentralized finance ( DeFi) project. Key Takeaways: WLFI sold 5.9 billion tokens privately without disclosing buyers, sending the token to an all-time […]
]]>One of the biggest token unlock proposals to get approval in recent memory looks set to succeed at World Liberty Financial. As part of the roadmap, 62m $WLFI tokens will be unlocked which currently has 99.5% voter approval. A phased release schedule on which tokens are appropriately put into circulation gradually is what the proposal outlines. This is mainly to ensure that the project does not employ long-term sustainability at the expense of short-term liquidity needs and also alleviate concerns pertaining to insider allocations. Voters have the option for seven days to weigh in on what might be a
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Tron founder Justin Sun filed a lawsuit in a California federal court against World Liberty Financial, the Trump-backed decentralized finance ( DeFi) project, alleging his $75 million WLFI token position was frozen without disclosure. Key Takeaways: Justin Sun filed a California federal lawsuit against WLFI on April 22 over $75 million in frozen tokens. Sun […]
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World Liberty Financial has proposed restructuring more than 62 billion locked WLFI tokens, introducing multi-year vesting and a potential 4.5 billion token burn as it responds to recent governance concerns over borrowing via the Dolomite lending protocol. Key Takeaways: World Liberty Financial proposed 62.28B WLFI vesting on April 15, 2026. WLFI plan includes 10% burn […]
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According to the web portal gettrumpmemes.com, the registration cutoff for Trump’s forthcoming Mar-a-Lago meme coin gala has been pushed to April 14, because apparently, even deadlines like a second chance. The rules clarify that participants can hold the official TRUMP meme token to calculate their time-weighted average holdings, while merchandise purchases also count toward earning […]
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World Liberty Financial (WLFI) publicly threatened legal action against Tron founder Justin Sun on Sunday, and Sun responded by demanding that the team identify themselves and answer for what he called secret controls over investor funds. Key Takeaways: World Liberty Financial publicly threatened Justin Sun with legal action on April 12, 2026, accusing the $75 […]
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The Trump Family-linked World Liberty Financial is reportedly gaining strong support for a proposal that could alter voting power significantly. Early Support Despite Backer Criticism World Liberty Financial is seeing overwhelming support for a proposal that could redefine voting power. The measure, introduced March 5, would remove voting rights from unlocked tokens — about 20% […]
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Accountable.us, a Washington D.C.-based watchdog, has accused the Trump’s family linked World Liberty Financial of its tokens to sanctioned entities connected to North Korea, Iran, and Russia. Russian and Iranian Connections Alleged A Washington D.C.-based watchdog, Accountable.us, has accused the Trump family-linked World Liberty Financial Inc. of selling hundreds of thousands of WLFI tokens to […]
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The move was done to maintain compliance with Nasdaq listing requirements, according to official regulatory filings. Regulatory Woes: Alt5 Sigma Removes Eric Trump as Director An SEC filing from August 25 shows that Eric Trump was quietly removed from his prior role as board director for digital asset technology firm Alt5 Sigma Corporation (Nasdaq: ALTS). […]
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