World Liberty Financial Restructures Leadership Amid Nasdaq Compliance
World Liberty Financial Restructures Leadership Amid Nasdaq Compliance
🔄 Trump board shuffle
ALT5 Sigma reverses Eric Trump board appointment
World Liberty Financial's digital asset treasury company has changed course on adding Eric Trump as an official board member. Instead, $ALTS will add him as an "overseer" to comply with Nasdaq rules.
Mixed leadership changes
- Eric Trump: Moved from board member to overseer role
- Zak Folkman: Still joining as official board member despite being another $WLFI founder
The restructuring raises questions about regulatory compliance and governance structure as the Trump-backed DeFi project continues evolving.
Background context
World Liberty Financial launched its $WLFI token recently, though it has struggled since debut - dropping 62% from its initial peak of $0.46 to trade around $0.17.
The project centers around USD1, a stablecoin that became the fastest-growing in history, reaching $2B market cap in under 90 days compared to Tether's 4-year timeline.
NEW: The Trump-backed DeFi project World Liberty Financial officially launched its $WLFI token today, now trading at a $26 billion market cap The project is built around a digital dollar the Trumps helped launch. It's now the world's fastest-growing stablecoin — but how? 👀⬇️
NEW: The @worldlibertyfi digital asset treasury company @ALT5_Sigma has reversed course on adding @EricTrump as an official board member. Instead, $ALTS is adding him as an overseer, citing Nasdaq rules. But @zakfolkman, another $WLFI founder, is still joining as a board member?
The Trump-aligned World Liberty Financial token launch has not gone according to plan: $WLFI is now down 62% from its Day 1 peak of $0.46 to trade at a new low today at $0.17
The Trumps' digital dollar is now the fastest-growing stablecoin in history @tether time to cross a $2b market cap: 4 years USD1 time to cross $2b: Under 90 days 👀 How could that possibly be?
Ahead of the $WLFI token launch, @ZachWitkoff was on CNBC floating pre-market trading for the World Liberty Financial token at $0.35 - $0.90 His publicly traded company $ALTS (has @EricTrump on its board) received those tokens at $0.20 $WLFI is now trading at $0.26 in its debut
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NEW: The Trumps' World Liberty Financial announces the $WLFI token will be unlocked for early investors Sept. 1 (those who invested in rounds at the $0.015 and $0.05 mark) with 20% of their tokens unlocked
We interviewed random people on the street about the Trumps' plans to launch their own digital dollar, USD1 Most had never heard of the Trump DeFi project World Liberty Financial $WLFI, and many were concerned about how USD1 could further divide Americans 🇺🇸 ⬇️
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