The Trump family-adjacent decentralized finance (DeFi) project World Liberty Financial (WLFI) has proposed a stablecoin airdrop. Last month, the DeFi project announced plans to launch a new stablecoin called USD1, which it says is pegged to the US dollar and backed by short-term government treasuries, dollar deposits and cash equivalents. Now, World Liberty wants to … Read more
Chainlink, a decentralized oracle network that links off-chain data to blockchain systems, is taking steps that could position it as a critical component for stablecoins and tokenized real-world assets (RWAs). Its Proof of Reserves (PoR) technology, already deployed to verify asset backing, is gaining traction, and a recent partnership with a major financial hub in … Read more
President Trump-backed World Liberty Financial is announcing plans to launch a new stablecoin on Tuesday that would be aimed at bridging traditional finance with digital assets. According to a press release, the new stablecoin is called USD1, which will be pegged to the US dollar and backed by short-term government treasuries, dollar deposits and cash … Read more
World Liberty Financial (WLF), a decentralized finance (DeFi) project backed by the US President Donald Trump and family, has made headlines with a $20 million cryptocurrency acquisition, mainly Bitcoin and Ethereum, just hours before the White House’s first-ever Crypto Summit scheduled to take place today. According to a 7 March 2025 Bloomberg report, “A digital … Read more
Bitcoin is the best-performing asset this century, let alone a successful blockchain project. It started as a fraction of a penny, which early crypto investors only gave to ninth-place eSports teams as a joke to show them how valueless the token was. Now it’s worth $80,000 with targets to reach $200,00 by year’s end. Here’s the … Read more
Meme coins are becoming very popular in the crypto world. They are fun, unpredictable, and often linked to internet trends or celebrities. But do they count as securities? Hester Peirce, head of the SEC’s crypto task force, says they probably do not. In an interview with Bloomberg, Peirce was asked about Donald Trump and his … Read more
President Donald Trump’s new decentralized finance (DeFi) project is partnering with real-world asset (RWA) tokenization protocol Ondo Finance (ONDO) to boost RWA adoption. In a new thread on the social media platform X, the development team behind Ondo Finance says it’s collaborating with World Liberty Financial (WLFI) as a means of bringing traditional finance to … Read more