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World Liberty has initiated the WLFI governance voting, which involves a 180-day governance reward program.The reward does not have a fixed interest rate, and the fund pool is jointly contributed by the project treasury and the transaction fee income from World Liberty Markets.

According to on-chain analyst Yu Jin's monitoring, a multi-signature wallet of WLFI transferred 88 million WLFI (approximately 5.09 million USD) to Binance half an hour ago.In the past month, this address has gradually transferred 248 million WLFI (approximately 13.55 million USD) to Binance.

Former Sonic CEO Michael Kong posted a response to Sonic Labs' recent statement of "immediate termination of cooperation." He stated that the company still sought his assistance on the same day and expressed hope for his well-being, but the announcement did not specify the reason, leading to the misleading impression that "he may have been dismissed due to misconduct." Kong indicated that this departure was not voluntary; after working at Fantom/Sonic for over eight years, he negotiated and signed a severance and release agreement with Sonic Labs and its affiliates.Kong mentioned that for the past two and a half months, Sonic Labs repeatedly promised to fulfill the agreement but is currently refusing to do so, and the existing contractual agreements have also not been honored. The release agreement stipulates that both parties shall not publicly disparage each other, yet matters that should have been handled internally were made public by Sonic Labs, causing damage, which is why he chose to respond publicly. He noted that he had almost single-handedly won the company a lawsuit in South Korea worth approximately $150 million, which was described as one of the largest cryptocurrency disputes in South Korea, and cited a written evaluation from David Richardson, the owner of Fantom and Sonic, stating that his work should be appreciated by the foundation.Kong stated that he reserves all rights to make any claims against Sonic Labs and its affiliates.

According to a report by Reuters, U.S. Senate negotiators are discussing legislation that would require artificial intelligence companies to demonstrate that they are taking reasonable precautions to prevent their tools from causing harm. The proposal aims to grant the U.S. Secretary of Commerce the authority to require developers to provide proof of reasonable steps taken to prevent harm, referred to as "duty of care," and to authorize the dispatch of government auditors to test relevant products. Reuters was unable to immediately determine what constitutes "reasonable," and the related legislation is still under discussion.Even if Congress passes the measure, its prospects of becoming law still face significant resistance. U.S. President Donald Trump stated on Monday that existing authorities are sufficient to regulate and prosecute technology companies, suggesting that he would not sign a bill that sets new rules for artificial intelligence. Senate Majority Leader John Thune, Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Ted Cruz, and Democratic Senator Amy Klobuchar, who is involved in the negotiations, are discussing the proposal. Thune told reporters on Monday that Congress could set safeguards against more significant threats without compromising the U.S.'s leading position in the artificial intelligence race.Klobuchar stated in a statement that she is continuing to push for bipartisan legislation to oversee the greatest risks posed by artificial intelligence models, including requiring developers to work with government experts to validate and test models to ensure safety. Senior Democratic member of the Commerce Committee Maria Cantwell is also involved in the discussions. Reuters reported on Friday that negotiators are also discussing the possibility that if the government determines that certain artificial intelligence models are unsafe and wishes to prevent their release, it could be brought to federal court, where companies could challenge that decision. The portion of the measure involving federal courts would also prevent states from enforcing their own laws regarding specific risks associated with artificial intelligence models.

On-chain data shows that 1.4175 billion WLFI tokens, matching the holdings disclosed by U.S. President Trump, were transferred into a lock-up contract via a multi-signature transaction on May 19, establishing the first clear monetization timeline for his approximately $800 million holdings. Participants in this vesting plan must immediately burn 10% of the tokens upon entry and set a two-year cliff period, followed by a linear release over three years, with the earliest sale not possible until May 2028.On-chain data indicates that a total of six internal wallets transferred tokens into this contract, with the largest wallet depositing 1.575 billion WLFI, retaining 1.4175 billion after burning, consistent with Trump's disclosed holdings; two other wallets each deposited 375 million, and three wallets each deposited 225 million. This lock-up contract is currently the largest single holder of WLFI, holding 4.61 billion tokens, nearly half of the total supply. The total supply of WLFI has been reduced from a cap of 10 billion to 9.67 billion.This vesting plan was created through a governance proposal passed around May 6, with 11,537 wallets voting in support. Founders who hold tokens can choose to convert indefinite lock-up into a two-year cliff period plus a three-year vesting period, with participation being voluntary. A spokesperson for World Liberty Financial, David Wachsman, stated that the community voted in support of the founders burning tokens, and the co-founders transferred tokens into a smart contract to complete the burn, taking on the strictest lock-up conditions among all token holders.

According to Business Insider, Michael Burry, the prototype character of the movie "The Big Short" and a well-known short-seller, fiercely criticized the statement made by OpenAI and Anthropic CEO calling to "slow down AI development," accusing it of being highly self-serving.Michael Burry listed four core reasons: large language models are not true AI, protecting vested interests, creating hype for IPOs, and concealing the dilemma of sluggish growth. Michael Burry further pointed out that the so-called "active call to slow down" is merely a cover-up for the uncontrollable slowdown in industry growth and the forced delay of IPO plans.

According to CNBC, the cryptocurrency project World Liberty Financial, supported by the Trump family, stated that the rapid growth of its stablecoin USD1 and actual market demand refute external doubts about the project primarily relying on political connections for development. Currently, the circulation scale of USD1 has exceeded 4 billion dollars.World Liberty Financial CEO Zach Witkoff stated that the growth of USD1 comes from the product itself and market adoption, rather than special treatment from the Trump administration. USD1 was previously used in the 2 billion dollar investment transaction by the Abu Dhabi investment firm MGX in Binance, which is also one of the most significant institutional applications of USD1 to date.Recently, World Liberty Financial also received preliminary conditional approval from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) for a national trust bank charter, planning to directly issue and redeem USD1 through World Liberty Trust Company in the future, and manage its reserve assets. Regarding the project's relationship with the Trump family, some Democratic lawmakers in the U.S. continue to raise concerns about conflicts of interest.

According to on-chain analyst Yu Jin's monitoring, Longling Capital (隆领资本) (0x2a2b...a5DaF) transferred 65 million WLFI to Binance, worth 3.79 million USD.

According to the official announcement from Gate, Gate is collaborating with World Liberty Financial (WLFI) to promote the USD1 Points Program, and the second phase of the WLFI token airdrop is about to be distributed. The total amount of this airdrop is 700,000 WLFI, which will be allocated based on the proportion of points earned by users during the specified statistical period. All users holding points will receive the corresponding airdrop.The points statistics are valid until August 25 at 08:00 (UTC+8), and WLFI tokens will be directly credited to the spot accounts of eligible users on August 26 at 08:00 (UTC+8). It is worth noting that since Gate and WLFI jointly launched the USD1 Points Program in August 2025, the program has cumulatively distributed 3,000,000 WLFI tokens to participating users. In addition, the new phase of the USD1 Points Airdrop Program will be launched on August 26.

Tron founder Justin Sun stated that his lawsuit against World Liberty Financial (@worldlibertyfi) superficially involves a commercial dispute of $45 million and 4 billion tokens, but fundamentally concerns the founding principles of blockchain. He pointed out that the industry is built on the principle of "your keys, your coins," meaning that everyone can truly own their assets without permission.Justin Sun indicated that the case exposes the other party's secret embedding of the power to arbitrarily freeze user assets in the contract, which was not disclosed, lacked governance, and lacked procedures, and was exercised within days of unlocking their tokens. He believes this contradicts the name of "freedom"; if the issuer can confiscate holders' assets at any time, blockchain will be no different from the old world. He will pursue the lawsuit to the end, not only to recover assets but also to establish a precedent in court that "your assets must truly belong to you."

WLFI co-founder Zach Witkoff stated that Sun Yuchen's claims about the latest court ruling contain multiple false statements. Sun Yuchen previously claimed that the court supported his position and described the outcome as a "major victory," but in fact, the court did not make any ruling.Zach stated that Sun Yuchen packaged "temporarily leaving personal demands in court" as a victory, but WLFI never requested to submit his personal demands for arbitration. The motion to dismiss filed by WLFI regarding these personal demands is still pending a court ruling. In other words, the "court support" and "major victory" claimed by Sun Yuchen do not exist.

Sun Yuchen stated that his lawyer recently appeared in federal court in California to oppose World Liberty Financial (@worldlibertyfi)'s request to force the dispute into confidential arbitration and seal documents. The court ruled that all of Sun Yuchen's personal claims will continue to be heard in open court; at the same time, it rejected the suggestion to submit all company-related claims to arbitration and required both parties to negotiate which claims will remain in court and which will go to arbitration. Sun Yuchen called this a significant victory, emphasizing that token holders have the right to know how the project treats its trusters.Sun Yuchen stated that as one of the earliest and largest investors in World Liberty, he invested $45 million to obtain $WLFI tokens. The lawsuit alleges that after this investment helped raise approximately $550 million in token sales, the project secretly embedded a backdoor in the smart contract that could unilaterally freeze, restrict, or destroy token holders' tokens, and based on this, illegally seized his tokens, even threatening him with criminal reports during his rights protection efforts. The lawsuit claims damages amounting to hundreds of millions of dollars. He has previously obtained a court injunction prohibiting the other party from destroying or disposing of his tokens.Sun Yuchen also stated that World Liberty similarly embedded backdoor capabilities in its USD1 stablecoin and mentioned that the project had pledged a large amount of $WLFI tokens as collateral in Dolomite lending, as well as public information regarding co-founder past lawsuits related to Dough Finance, expressing concerns about the project's solvency and transparency, urging investors to conduct their own due diligence and remain cautious. The above content is all his unilateral statements and accusations.

On-chain data analysis tool Poolfish announced that it has been acquired by Metrix Finance. Poolfish stated that the original website will continue to operate, and all tools previously offered have been migrated to the Metrix platform, integrated with both existing and new features of Metrix, allowing users to access related services in one place.Poolfish introduced that after this acquisition, some experiences will change, but the availability of core tools and data services will continue; at the same time, Metrix will supplement the capabilities that Poolfish previously did not cover. The parties did not disclose the transaction amount or other financial terms.

According to Onchain Lens monitoring, the World Liberty Financial team wallet supported by Trump (0xE853...D5743) transferred 39 million WLFI to Bybit after being inactive for 30 days, worth 2.33 million USD.The wallet received an equivalent amount of WLFI from the WLFI treasury two days ago.

According to on-chain analyst Yu Jin (@EmberCN), the whale entity Garrett Jin transferred 17 million WLFI (approximately $1.01 million) to Binance 6 hours ago.This entity previously withdrew 313 million WLFI (approximately $31.89 million) from Binance in February of this year at an average price of $0.10, while the price at the time of this transfer had dropped to $0.06, resulting in a cumulative loss of about 40%, with an unrealized loss of $12.76 million.

World Liberty Financial (WLFI) announced that the company has appointed Ryan Ballantyne as Chief Business Officer.Ryan Ballantyne has over thirty years of experience in capital markets, derivatives, asset management, and digital assets. Previously, he served as the Head of Institutional Client Strategy at Coinbase Institutional, where he was responsible for assisting public companies and institutions in adopting digital asset fund management, trading, and custody solutions. Earlier, he held senior positions at Osprey Funds and Blackforce Capital, and worked at institutions such as Susquehanna, Deutsche Bank, and Smith Barney.

According to Reuters, AI Financial Corp, supported by the Trump family, has sold its Canadian subsidiary ALT5 Sigma Canada to New York's Prime Delta. The deal includes a $12 million secured promissory note, with $1 million due next week and the remainder paid in installments, plus approximately 11.6 million shares of Prime Delta stock.Three weeks ago, the fintech company Perpetuals.com terminated negotiations to acquire the subsidiary. In August 2025, World Liberty Financial reached a partnership with ALT5 Sigma, which raised $750 million through the sale of new shares, of which $717 million was used to purchase World Liberty tokens. It is reported that this deal netted the Trump family over $500 million. AI Financial's stock price has fallen from above $9 to about 44 cents since August 11, 2025, with a market capitalization of approximately $61 million.

According to Onchain Lens monitoring, WLFI transferred a total of 100 million WLFI to Binance today in two transactions, worth approximately 5.3 million USD.Of these, 50 million WLFI were transferred to Binance after being routed through a new address, while another 50 million WLFI were transferred directly to Binance.

According to Jinshi reports, an informed source emphasized that if the agreement between Iran and Oman is finalized, the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz will require separate arrangements, which also include the United States fulfilling related commitments.

According to Onchain Lens monitoring, the Trump-related World Liberty Financial treasury wallet transferred 170 million WLFI to Binance, worth approximately 9.17 million USD.The same wallet transferred another 170 million WLFI to the same Binance deposit address 29 days ago, which was worth approximately 10.22 million USD.