Law and Order

A lawsuit filed by Justin Sun against World Liberty Financial has accused the Trump-backed crypto venture of trying to extort the Tron founder by allegedly threatening to destroy his WLFI holdings and report the controversial entrepreneur to U.S. authorities. Not long after World Liberty blacklisted 4 billion WLFI in September that Sun had purchased, co-founder Chase Herro allegedly urged the crypto billionaire to voluntarily remove his tokens from circulation as part of an ultimatum, according...

DeFi

Justin Sun is taking the Trump family's crypto venture to federal court. The Tron founder filed suit Tuesday in California against World Liberty Financial, tweeting that the project froze his tokens, stripped his voting rights, and threatened to permanently destroy his holdings, without notice, cause, or recourse. Today, I filed a lawsuit in California federal court against World Liberty Financial to protect my legal rights as a holder of $WLFI tokens. I have always been—and remain—an ardent su...

DeFi

Investors eager to access $1.3 billion worth of tokens sold by World Liberty Financial have learned that capitalizing on the Trump-backed crypto venture will likely require years of patience, with a proposed vesting schedule that’s set to outlast the president’s second term. In a governance proposal published by World Liberty on Wednesday, the project’s team outlined a four-year pathway that would unlock 17 billion WLFI for early supporters, which is subject to a two-year cliff and two-year ves...

Business

A months-simmering spat between the Trump family’s crypto company and one of its principal backers erupted into public view over the weekend, with threats of corruption and legal action flying in both directions. Amid the emerging feud, which coincided with a number of other developments for the Trump family’s World Liberty Financial, the company’s native WLFI token has plummeted to its lowest-ever value over the weekend. The token is currently trading at just shy of $0.08, down 20% in the last...

DeFi

World Liberty Financial’s governance token plunged to new lows on Friday after the crypto project backed by President Donald Trump and sons indicated that it’s crafting a proposal to unlock WLFI for early holders—while also defending $150 million in stablecoin loans. The token, which debuted as a non-transferable digital asset last year, changed hands around $0.08, a 14% decrease over the past day, according to CoinGecko. Meanwhile, WLFI’s market cap tumbled $427 million to $2.58 billion from n...

Business

A company partnered with World Liberty Financial—the crypto project backed by President Donald Trump—has been linked to individuals connected to a sanctioned Cambodian conglomerate accused of running global scam operations, according to an investigation published Monday by the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project and Guardian Australia. The investigation found that a planned “blockchain theme resort” in Timor-Leste tied to the partner, AB network, involved three individuals who were...

Markets

AI-focused altcoins led a market-wide rally Tuesday after U.S. President Donald Trump announced that he would “postpone” planned strikes on Iran’s energy infrastructure, triggering a cascade of short liquidations. Bittensor's TAO token jumped 10.2%, while Artificial Superintelligence Alliance (FET) and Render (RENDER) gained 6.2% and 4.8%, respectively, over 24 hours. Aptos (APT), LayerZero (ZRO), and World Liberty Financial (WLFI) also posted significant moves as the total crypto market cap top...

Our Company

Prediction market Myriad is transitioning to World Liberty Financial’s USD1 stablecoin as its exclusive settlement asset. As part of the move, Myriad, owned by Decrypt’s parent company Dastan, is migrating its entire prediction market catalog to BNB Chain. Welcome to MYRIAD Season 3. Our biggest season yet, featuring our most ambitious tech upgrades. All on @BNBCHAIN, powered by USD1. pic.twitter.com/v6WlZ2CYaN — MYRIAD (@MyriadMarkets) March 11, 2026 The move will result in a “faster, simpler...

Markets

World Liberty Financial's WLFI token surged double digits ahead of a high-profile gathering at Mar-a-Lago, though experts remain divided on whether the move signals genuine momentum or a short squeeze fueled by whale activity. WLFI is up by more than 22% over the past 24 hours, according to CoinGecko data, despite dropping 25% over the past month. The token's sudden spike coincides with the Trump-family-backed project's Tuesday announcement of a February 18 "World Liberty Forum" at the president...

Markets

The cryptocurrency market cap is steadily turning green, with altcoins accelerating their recovery bounce over the past day. The native token of perps DEX Aster is up nearly 10% over the past 24 hours, making it the largest gainer in the top 50 altcoins by market capitalization. Other tokens including Hyperliquid and World Liberty Financial have followed suit, bouncing 8.9% and 7.6% respectively, according to data from price aggregator CoinGecko. The broader altcoin sector has also seen gains,...

The Projects

U.S. President Donald Trump has a long list of crypto ventures, profiting to the tune of some $1.4 billion as of January 2026. Of them, a DeFi project dubbed World Liberty Financial might be the biggest. The platform, which President Trump co-founded, according to its website, along with his three sons, wants to make finance "reliable, open, and made for how the world works today." World Liberty Financial was announced by President Trump's son Eric in August 2024. It is led by DeFi builders Chas...

Markets

Official Trump (TRUMP) and World Liberty Financial (WLFI) have fallen 14.6% and 10.8% in the past 24 hours, as the cryptocurrency market continues to weather steep losses amid falling sentiment. TRUMP is now priced at $3.41, marking a 24.7% loss in a week, a 37.7% drop in a month, and a 95% collapse since the Trump-linked meme coin hit a record high of $37.43 in January of last year, per CoinGecko data. Meanwhile, World Liberty Financial’s governance and utility token, WLFI, has sunk to $0.111,...

Law and Order

Representative Ro Khanna (D-CA-17) launched an investigation Thursday into a $500 million investment by a United Arab Emirates royal family member in World Liberty Financial, the Trump family's crypto company, raising questions about whether the deal influenced U.S. policy on advanced AI chip exports to the UAE. "This is about public trust and transparency,” Khanna tweeted Thursday, while announcing the probe. Breaking: I have launched an investigation as ranking member of the Select Committee...

Opinion

Morning Minute is a daily newsletter written by Tyler Warner. The analysis and opinions expressed are his own and do not necessarily reflect those of Decrypt. Subscribe to the Morning Minute on Substack. GM! Today’s top news: Crypto majors fall to new local lows, then rebound; BTC -3% at $76k Vitalik says the original L2 vision no longer makes sense in lengthy X post Y Combinator announces teams can receive $500k funding in USDC this spring Circle announces a $30,000 hackathon solely for AI age...

Law and Order

Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT) warned Monday that those involved in alleged secret payments from a UAE investor could face jail time, describing the situation as "potentially criminal conduct" tied to the transfer of sensitive defense technology following a deal involving Trump-linked crypto firm World Liberty Financial. "A UAE investor secretly gave Trump $187 million and his top Middle East envoy $31 million. And then Trump gave that investor access to sensitive defense technology that broke deca...

Coins

The global stablecoin market surged to a new all-time high this week, surpassing $311 billion in total supply, even as broader crypto markets struggle under sharp price declines and heavy liquidations. According to data from DeFiLlama, the stablecoin market cap peaked at $311.332 billion on January 18, and currently sits at $309.066 billion. Tether’s USDT remains the dominant issuer with more than $187 billion in circulation, followed by Circle’s USDC at approximately $74 billion, per CoinGecko...

Our Company

Prediction market Myriad will integrate USD1, the stablecoin launched by the Donald Trump-backed DeFi project World Liberty Financial. With the integration, Myriad, a prediction market developed by Decrypt's parent company Dastan, becomes “the first prediction market to partner with WLFI to launch USD1 pools,” bringing USD1 on BNB Chain to the platform. The integration of USD1 on Myriad “expands the real-world utility of stable, dollar-backed digital assets in emerging on-chain markets,” said Za...

Business

Pakistan’s Ministry of Finance has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with an affiliate of World Liberty Financial, a DeFi project linked to U.S. President Donald Trump's family, to explore innovation in digital finance. The MOU, signed Wednesday, includes exploring the use of stablecoins for cross‑border transactions, according to a post by the country’s Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (Pakistan VARA). The regulator said the agreement reflects “growing global interest in Pakistan as...

Law and Order

Aave announced Tuesday that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has concluded its investigation into the decentralized finance (or DeFi) protocol, with no intention to recommend an enforcement action.  It comes four years after the investigation was opened, the Aave CEO said on X, over which time the project has invested significant time, energy, and funds in protecting itself from the SEC. “This process demanded significant effort and resources from our team, and from me personally as t...

Opinion

Morning Minute is a daily newsletter written by Tyler Warner. The analysis and opinions expressed are his own and do not necessarily reflect those of Decrypt. Subscribe to the Morning Minute on Substack. GM! Today’s top news: Crypto majors fall hard to start the week; BTC at $87,200 JPMorgan launches new tokenized money market fund on Ethereum Decrypt names Trump as Crypto Person of the Year The Senate punted the crypto market structure bill to 2026 MetaMask added native Bitcoin support with...