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Apr 10, 2026

Trump-Backed World Liberty Financial Uses 5 Billion WLFI Tokens to Borrow $75 Million on DeFi Platform

World Liberty Financial deposited 5 billion of its own WLFI tokens as collateral on Dolomite to borrow $75 million in stablecoins, which were then sent to Coinbase Prime. The move pushed the lending pool to 100% utilization and triggered a 12% token price drop to record lows.

Apr 10, 2026·4 sources
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Top claims

  • ▪The 12% WLFI token price drop following the $75 million borrowing suggests the transaction negatively impacted token holders.
  • ▪World Liberty Financial's WLFI collateral represented roughly 98% of the token's supply on Dolomite.
  • ▪World Liberty Financial conducted $65.58 million in open-market buybacks of 435.3 million WLFI tokens at an average price of $0.1507 over the past six months.

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