Trump's $9 billion crypto coin is a windfall—and a new forum for influence buying, ethics expert warns Trump could face new lawsuits about ethics violations during his second term in office. Fortune · Jan 21, 2025
Trump Family's WLFI Buys Over $100M In Crypto, Mostly In $ETH, $wBTC Donald Trump-backed World Liberty Financial has snapped up a staggering amount of cryptocurrencies, including $47 million in $ETH and another $47 million in $wBTC. International Business Times · Jan 21, 2025
Trump executive order prioritizes crypto The president-elect plans an executive order that could signal a new era of power for crypto, Bloomberg reports Salon · Jan 17, 2025
Trump family not banning foreign deals An ethics agreement released by the company signals a different approach from Trump's last term Salon · Jan 14, 2025
The Trump company is not banning private foreign deals, a break with its first term policy The Trump family business has agreed to a voluntary ethics agreement that would ban it from striking direct deals with foreign governments after inauguration, but would give it a free hand to pursue ventures with private foreign companies The Independent UK · Jan 10, 2025
$XRP Or $HBAR? The Altcoins That Outperformed Crypto King Bitcoin In 2024 Altcoins were the biggest story of 2024 even with Bitcoin getting ETFs approved and hitting a new all-time high above $108,000 as some alternative cryptocurrencies eclipsed $BTC's year-to-date performance even with several market downturns. International Business Times · Dec 27, 2024
Trump gets cozy with crypto His expanding business connections raise questions over how the industry will be regulated, analysts say Salon · Dec 23, 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
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. Fortune · Dec 13, 2024
Unchecked corruption: Trump Org. is back Trump's sons are scurrying across the globe to secure new deals with foreign governments for the Trump Organization Salon · Dec 6, 2024
Crypto mogul who ate a $6.2 million banana gives Trump an $18 million payday Justin Sun’s investment in a Trump-backed crypto venture could give the president-elect a massive windfall The Independent UK · Dec 3, 2024
Cryptocurrency entrepreneur who bought banana art for $6.2 million eats the fruit in Hong Kong A cryptocurrency entrepreneur who had bought a piece of conceptual art consisting of a simple banana, duct-taped to a wall, for $6.2 million last week ate the fruit in Hong Kong on Friday The Independent UK · Nov 29, 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 27, 2024
Paxos CEO: Trump presidency could bring 'crypto golden age' The Trump campaign "had a real crypto theme," Charles Cascarilla said at the Singapore Fintech Festival on Friday. Fortune · Nov 8, 2024
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 29, 2024 Trump's World Liberty Financial Plans To Launch Native Stablecoin: Report World Liberty Financial is reportedly looking to issue its own stablecoin – a plan that comes during a critical period in the stablecoin segment, specifically due to concerns around the alleged issues around stablecoin giant Tether.
Fortune · Oct 28, 2024 Trump's crypto project plans to launch its own U.S. dollar-backed stablecoin – report World Liberty Financial launched its native token, WLFI, earlier this month.
International Business Times · Oct 18, 2024 WLFI 'Gold Paper': 75% Of Protocol's Revenue Will Go To Trump-Linked Company Crypto users are not pleased with the "gold paper" released by World Liberty Financial, wherein it was revealed that the majority of the protocol's revenue will go to an entity purportedly owned by Donald Trump.
International Business Times · Oct 16, 2024 Trump's Crypto Platform Falters On First Day Of Sales Former US president Donald Trump's cryptocurrency platform had a faltering sales launch Tuesday, with only a fraction of its digital tokens that went on the market finding a buyer.
International Business Times · Oct 14, 2024 Trump-Backed World Liberty Financial To Begin $WLFI Sale, Crypto Users Slam Whitelist Requirements World Liberty Financial will begin its token sale on Tuesday, but many crypto users are unhappy that the token sale is only purportedly for "rich" individuals who make it to the whitelist.
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.
Salon · Sep 28, 2024 "Crypto voters" could swing election Kamala Harris seeks to make inroads with crypto industry after Trump goes all in
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 19, 2024 Harris Claims Pennsylvania, Now Leads Trump In 4 Swing States: Polymarket 2024 US Elections VP Kamala Harris has taken Pennsylvania and Nevada from Donald Trump, marking a seeming turnaround in the views of crypto bettors regarding the tight presidential race.
Fortune · Sep 18, 2024 Trump promotes new crypto company World Liberty Financial, despite once calling Bitcoin a ‘scam’ Trump is pushing the new crypto platform with his sons and two business partners, one of whom calls himself the "dirtbag of the internet."