What's Driving Decentralized Finance? What exactly does DeFi mean, and what's driving its rise? Kiplinger · Apr 8, 2025
Trumps' WLFI Launches $USD1 Stablecoin On Ethereum, BNB Chain; Coin Still Untradeable The Trump family's WLFI DeFi project has launched a native stablecoin, $USD1, which is not yet tradable but is already getting much attention in the crypto space as scammers moved to replicate the coin. International Business Times · Mar 25, 2025
Will Trump Gain $390M From $550 Million $WLFI Token Sales? Crypto Users Blast 'Audacity' World Liberty Financial has completed a second round of $WLFI token sale that brought the total sales proceeds to $550 million, and amid reports that the U.S. president will collect $390 million from his role in promoting the DeFi project, there is confusion, and there is concern. International Business Times · Mar 18, 2025
SEC Drops Investigations Into Robinhood Crypto, Uniswap, Driving $UNI Price Up The SEC has dropped its investigations into Robinhood Crypto and Uniswap, marking what Uniswap said was a "win for DeFi" as the Wall Street regulator pivots toward a more positive approach in regulating digital assets. International Business Times · Feb 26, 2025
Trump-Backed WLFI Spends Millions In $USDC To Buy $wBTC, $MOVE, Taps Into Staking WLFI moved some of its crypto holdings for staking and lending, and swapped $USDC for $wBTC and $MOVE – actions in line with its recent announcement regarding a digital asset reserve that includes various cryptocurrencies. International Business Times · Feb 14, 2025
The Trump admin will encourage—not hinder—U.S. leadership in blockchain technology and cryptocurrency. We must seize the moment After years of uncertainty under Biden, the Trump admin promises clear, consistent regulations for digital assets. Fortune · Feb 13, 2025
WLFI Co-founder's X Account Exploited To Promote Fake Barron Trump Memecoin; Losses Reported Zach Witkoff's X account was hacked Wednesday and used by the exploiters to promote a fake Barron Trump token – some crypto users claimed they lost thousands due to the fake meme coin. International Business Times · Feb 13, 2025
'Macro Strategy': Trump Family's Crypto Project Unveils Strategic Token Reserve To Bolster Industry Growth World Liberty Financial has announced a new crypto investment initiative, hinting that it will include Bitcoin, Ethereum, and other leading cryptocurrencies to "bolster" the industry's growth. International Business Times · Feb 12, 2025
Decentralized finance platform Legend raises $15 million from a16z and Coinbase Former Compound CEO is launching a DeFi platform to help investors trade, borrow, and earn crypto. Fortune · Feb 11, 2025
Eric Trump Hints WLFI May Buy Bitcoin As Standard Chartered Projects $500K $BTC By 2028 Days after experiencing criticism from Bitcoiners for promoting Ethereum, Eric Trump has finally set his sights on Bitcoin, saying it's a great time to stack up on the world's top cryptocurrency, even hinting that WLFI may hold $BTC. International Business Times · Feb 6, 2025
Eric Trump Pumps Ethereum, Draws Flak From Bitcoin Maxis As WLFI Moves Millions In $ETH Eric Trump promoted Ethereum on X Monday, drawing criticism from prominent Bitcoin maximalists hours after World Liberty Financial, the DeFi project that the Trump family is closely involved in, moved over $100 million worth of $ETH to Coinbase. International Business Times · Feb 4, 2025
The next phase of DeFi: Fintechs and exchanges will take the lead Platforms like Robinhood and Coinbase can help the design problems that are DeFi's biggest weakness. Fortune · Jan 11, 2025
How Decentralized Finance Is Reshaping Investment Four central innovations usher in this transformation. Kiplinger · Dec 20, 2024
$ONDO: The Altcoin Trump-Backed World Liberty Financial Is Betting Big On World Liberty Financial, the DeFi project backed by U.S. President-elect Donald Trump, has gone big on $ONDO, the native token of a DeFi primitive known of its peer-to-pool interaction features and tokenized U.S. Treasuries. International Business Times · Dec 16, 2024
Fortune · Dec 13, 2024 Chainlink’s cryptocurrency LINK is up 11% this week as investors anticipate a DeFi renaissance LINK hit $30.68 on Friday, reaching its highest price in almost three years.
International Business Times · Nov 27, 2024 Trump-Backed WLFI Adds Justin Sun As Advisor After TRON Makes $30M Investment Justin Sun is now an advisor at World Liberty Financial, the upcoming DeFi platform backed by none other than President-elect Donald Trump.
International Business Times · Nov 15, 2024 DeFi Technologies Launches CoreFi Strategy, A MicroStrategy-Inspired Approach To Amplifying $BTC Returns With $CORE CoreFi Strategy, an upcoming publicly traded company, aims to simulate MicroStrategy's success in Bitcoin, but this time, leveraging on $CORE to maximize Bitcoin yield.
International Business Times · Nov 7, 2024 Vindicated: Polymarket Says It Proved 'Wisdom Of Markets' Over Polls After Trump Landslide Win Polymarket believes it has proved doubters wrong after Donald Trump's victory, given criticisms and doubts that the decentralized prediction platform experienced in the lead-up to the elections.
International Business Times · Nov 1, 2024 Trump-Backed WLFI Cuts Fundraising Goal From $300M To $30M After Underwhelming Token Sales Donald Trump promoted his sons' DeFi project with gusto, saying it will usher in a new era of digital finance, but some two weeks since the token sale, the team disclosed it is cutting its sales target from an initial $300 million to $30 million.
International Business Times · Oct 17, 2024 EXCLUSIVE: How DeFi Protocols Can Strike The Right Innovation—Security Balance With WeFi Group CEO The DeFi space has continued to expand in recent years, but protocols remain vulnerable to exploits, causing trust issues that prevent Web2 users from onboarding into the burgeoning Web3 industry.
International Business Times · Oct 3, 2024 Is Pendle Crypto Still a Good HODL? After Arthur Hayes Sells PENDLE Position Pendle crypto's biggest cheerleader, Arthur Hayes, just sold many of his shares in what he once considered one of the leading RWA coins.
International Business Times · Oct 2, 2024 What Is A Mudarabah Smart Contract? Firoza Finance Launches $2M Pilot Program, Opens Waitlist Liberty Finance and HAQQ Network have collaborated to establish Firoza Finance, which is behind the world's first-ever real-world Mudarabah smart contract, pushing the boundaries of DeFi and challenging the conventional finance system.
International Business Times · Oct 1, 2024 Whitelist Over White House? Crypto Users Blast Trump After DeFi Project Update Many crypto users are criticizing Donald Trump for promoting the opening of WLFI's whitelists, "shilling" his sons' DeFi project, even as there's only more than a month left before the elections.
The Independent UK · Sep 21, 2024 The Trumps want to make crypto ‘user-friendly’. Here’s what you need to know about the venture that has Barron as its ‘visionary’ Donald Trump’s sons say they want World Liberty Financial to make ordinary people feel welcome in crypto. But will it protect them from the sharks? asks Io Dodds
International Business Times · Sep 20, 2024 EXCLUSIVE: Fireblocks Executive Delves Into Crypto's 'Defining Moment' In Politics Crypto is fast-becoming a key issue in the November elections, with more politicians recognizing the industry's growing significance for American voters who press for regulatory clarity.