Anderson Cooper with Eric Lipton on the Binance/pardon/bailout/enrichment ...

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https://www.instagram.com/reel/DQLGmzvDnY8/

"andersoncooper360

"It's a very odd arrangement": New York Times investigative reporter Eric Lipton talks about the financial ties between Binance, whose founder was just pardoned by President Trump, and World Liberty Financial, the crypto firm co-founded by President Trump's family...."

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1. As they say follow the money ...

unrelated but also interesting how oil had a nice move up on Tuesday, the day before sanctions on Russian oil companies. Bumped up against the 50 day moving average on Thursday.

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2. Link to chart ...

https://www.binance.com/en/price/world-liberty-financial-wlfi


"What is World Liberty Financial (WLFI)?

World Liberty Financial (WLFI) is a decentralized finance (DeFi) project designed to promote the adoption of U.S.pegged stablecoins within global digital finance infrastructure. The project has received public endorsements from Donald Trump and his family members, including Eric Trump, Donald Trump Jr., and Barron Trump.

WLFI aims to position itself as a stablecoin-centric DeFi ecosystem that supports U.S. dollar denominated financial services. The platform's core objective is to integrate U.S.denominated stablecoins more effectively within decentralized protocols.

WLFI is the native utility and governance token of the World Liberty Financial ecosystem. Initially distributed through a public sale that raised over $550 million, the token sale required Know Your Customer (KYC) compliance. At launch, WLFI tokens were non-transferable and granted only governance rights. A governance proposal approved in July 2025 authorized the tokens to become transferable starting 1 September 2025..."