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Donald Trump DeFi Raises $300M For Lending Platform.

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4 weeks ago

October 10, 2024

The first sale for the DeFi project World Liberty Finance, allegedly associated with former US President Donald Trump and his three sons, is set to launch next week. It will attempt to raise $300 million by selling 20% of the WLFI token supply in the initial token sale, valuing the project at $1.5 billion once fully diluted.

A typical roadmap with investors projected that the forthcoming token sale would go live next week.

Trump’s World Liberty Finance Aims to Raise $300M

World Liberty Finance, a DeFi project associated with Donald Trump, seeks $300 million from selling 20% of its $WLFI tokens. This would happen at a market capitalization of $1.5 billion once fully diluted. These tokens, however, would not be able to be transferred within those first 12 months. Even when such a community vote in the first 12 months passes for these tokens to be transferable, they shall not be.

This is likely not all since 63% of the token supply will go through a public sale in the future. Also, user rewards reserved 17% of the supply. 20% of the tokens go to the team. WLFI is a governance token, and this will let holders vote on the platform’s development decisions.

Governance functionalities have been live from the very beginning. As such, they will not be restricted even when tokens remain in a non-transferrable state. It is worth mentioning that the platform will be deployed on the Aave DeFi protocol.

Trump Joins World Liberty Finance as Chief Crypto Advocate

World Liberty Finance is a new crypto project from its co-founders, Steve and Zach Witkoff, Zak Folkman, and Chase Herro. It aims to further the mass adoption of digital assets by developing a compliant alternative finance platform. It recently opened its Know Your Customer (KYC) verification process on its website.

Donald Trump has assumed the role of Chief Crypto Advocate in the World Liberty Finance, and his three sons are on board as the Web3 Ambassadors.

Other big stars associated with the project include Luke Pearson, with Polychain Capital, as Head of Platform, and Corey Caplan, a Dolomite co-founder, as the Head of Technical Strategy.

The first phase includes deploying a version of the Aave DeFi lending protocol onto Scroll, a Layer 2 scaling solution for Ethereum. Users will be able to lend and borrow various assets such as Bitcoin, Ether, and several stablecoins.

Aave’s governance has already received the proposal. The deployment of the lending protocol Aave V3 will deliver 7% of the WLFI token supply to the Aave DAO for voting and liquidity, in addition to 20% of the protocol’s fee revenue the protocol’s fee revenue.

Later stages of World Liberty Finance will include integrating exchanges with on-chain KYC attestations, a credit card focused on stablecoins, and fractionalizing real-world assets such as hotels and sports clubs. The project, which targets US-accredited and qualified investors abroad, has lobbied for criticism of outdated US regulatory policy that prevents broader access to its token sale.

From “Scam” to Advocate for Digital Assets

Donald Trump’s stance on cryptocurrency has eminently changed in the past few months. From calling it a “scam against the dollar” in 2021, he has adopted digital assets in his run for president in 2024.

Last month, during a Nashville conference, he announced his plan to make the US the “crypto capital of the world.” He ventured directly into the digital markets, issuing several sets of NFTs, including one with his mugshot.

His campaign has also made a tactical pivot to crypto fundraising. In July, the Donald Trump campaign brought about $3 million from donors linked to cryptocurrency.

He also became the very first presidential candidate to accept campaign donations in cryptocurrency. This is a far cry from his previously expressed skepticism, and the World Liberty Finance project proves it.