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World Liberty Financial borrowed stablecoins on Dolomite against its WLFI token, maxing out pools and stalling withdrawals. The activity has prompted conflict-of-interest questions tied to a Dolomite co‑founder. WLFI dismissed fears of liquidation and debt-health problems as “FUD” while attempting to reassure investors.

World Liberty Financial's WLFI project, tied to Trump, approved a proposal requiring 180‑day token lockups to be eligible for governance voting. The measure also creates six‑month, $5 million stakes that form elite "Super Nodes" granting direct access to leadership, concentrating influence after only about 10 wallets supplied most of the supporting votes.

World Liberty Financial is reshaping governance and incentives by requiring tokens to be staked for six months to qualify for voting rights, implementing on-chain proof-of-reserves for its USD1 stablecoin, and funneling stablecoin arbitrage value to long-term WLFI holders to concentrate influence among committed participants.

U.S. regulators and Senator Elizabeth Warren are intensifying scrutiny of World Liberty Financial, a Trump-linked crypto firm seeking a national bank charter to operate a stablecoin bank. Warren has called the proposal deeply corrupt and urged officials to block or delay approval.

World Liberty Financial has proposed a governance revamp that directs arbitrage earnings to long-term WLFI stakers. The plan requires 180-day stakes and $1 million node deposits for key governance rights, and introduces voting-linked rewards to better align decentralized decision-making with sustained participation and support for the USD1 stablecoin.

World Liberty Financial’s Trump-backed USD1 stablecoin fell by as much as 0.6% below its $1 peg amid heavy trading and online speculation, an episode the firm blamed on a coordinated attack. Its WLFI token dropped about 7% before USD1 quickly recovered, and World Liberty said the attack had failed.

World Liberty Financial's WLFI token rose after the company said, in partnership with Securitize, it will tokenize loan revenue interests tied to the upcoming Trump International Hotel & Resort in the Maldives, launching institutional-grade real-world asset products intended to widen investor access and improve liquidity in luxury real estate holdings.

Trump-backed DeFi token WLFI jumped roughly 20%, lifting its market cap to about $3.13 billion, fueled by a large whale accumulation, a short squeeze and market anticipation of major announcements at a Mar-a-Lago crypto forum. The event will feature senior U.S. officials and industry leaders, though Trump will not attend.

Senators led by Elizabeth Warren and Andy Kim are pressing for a national-security review of a reported $500 million UAE investment in the Trump-linked crypto firm World Liberty Financial, urging the Treasury’s foreign-investment watchdog and CFIUS to scrutinize the transaction.

Trump-linked World Liberty Financial (WLFI) intends to launch World Swap, a forex and remittance platform built on a USD1 stablecoin. The service aims to simplify cross-border transfers, undercut traditional providers with lower fees, and use BitGo for institutional-grade custody.

U.S. lawmakers are investigating Trump-linked crypto firm World Liberty Financial after reports that an Abu Dhabi–connected entity secretly agreed to buy a 49% stake for about $500 million. The inquiry is examining possible foreign influence, the company’s ownership records and stablecoin transactions, and potential conflicts of interest and national security risks.

At a tense, contentious House hearing, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, pressed aggressively by lawmakers, repeatedly stated that the U.S. government lacks the authority and will not use taxpayer dollars to rescue Bitcoin or affiliated crypto entities, including ventures linked to the Trump family.

Media reports tie a member of the Abu Dhabi royal family to a purported $500 million investment in World Liberty Financial, a crypto platform linked to President Trump. Trump has repeatedly denied any knowledge of or role in the alleged deal, highlighting tensions between geopolitics, sovereign wealth and decentralized finance.

Abu Dhabi's Sheikh Tahnoon quietly purchased a 49% stake in Donald Trump's crypto company, World Liberty Financial, paying $500 million days before Trump's return to the White House. The deal has prompted U.S. foreign-influence concerns, particularly after the Sheikh later obtained U.S. high-powered AI chips for his startup.

USD1, a Trump-linked stablecoin issued by World Liberty Financial, has surged beyond a $5 billion market capitalization to claim the spot as the fifth-largest stablecoin. The rise has been fueled by strong institutional adoption, Binance support and heavy trading volumes, while the token remains close to a $1 peg.

Spacecoin is partnering with Trump-linked World Liberty Financial to deploy DeFi-enabled satellite internet and banking to remote, underserved and unbanked regions. The arrangement will integrate WLFI's $3.2 billion USD1 stablecoin via a token swap and launch the SPACE token on January 23.

Senator Elizabeth Warren is urging U.S. banking regulators to pause World Liberty Trust Co.’s bid for a trust bank charter, saying it raises unprecedented ethics questions and leaves unresolved conflicts of interest tied to President Donald Trump’s ongoing financial connections to the crypto-related firm.

World Liberty Financial, supported by the Trump family, has rolled out WLFI Markets, a DeFi lending platform built around its USD1 stablecoin. The launch lifted DOLO prices and boosted DeFi use, while drawing regulatory and conflict-of-interest scrutiny as the firm pursues a U.S. bank charter.

World Liberty Financial, backed by Donald Trump's family, is reallocating its crypto holdings toward ETH while expanding its USD1 stablecoin offering. Its subsidiary, WLTC Holdings, has filed with U.S. regulators for a national trust bank charter aimed at supporting stablecoin operations.

Blockchain analytics provider Bubblemaps has rejected widely circulated assertions that a Polymarket trader who profited from a bet on Nicolás Maduro’s removal is linked to World Liberty Financial’s co‑founder. The firm said the cited on‑chain indicators and wallet‑matching logic are misleading and insufficient to prove ownership.