Tag: World Liberty Financial

The alliance between TRON founder Justin Sun and the Trump family’s flagship crypto venture, World Liberty Financial (WLFI), has imploded into a high-stakes legal and financial war. Once the project’s largest individual backer, Sun now finds himself locked out of over $107 million in assets. This investigation explores the alleged existence of "smart contract backdoors," the blurring lines between presidential influence and private profit, and a fallout that threatens the fragile "Pro-Crypto" coalition built during the 2024 campaign.

World Liberty Financial, the Trump-family crypto vehicle behind stablecoin USD1, now sits at the centre of the CZ pardon controversy. A $2 billion Abu Dhabi–Binance deal executed in USD1 turned the president’s private stablecoin into a global money rail – and a long-term income stream for his own household.

Donald Trump has pardoned Changpeng “CZ” Zhao, the former Binance CEO who admitted to criminal anti–money laundering failures that helped move funds for terrorists, cyber-criminals, and child abusers. Now, in a surreal twist, Trump claims on 60 Minutes he “doesn’t know” the billionaire he just rescued – even as Binance is financially entangled with his family’s own crypto venture.