Trump-Supported World Liberty Financial (WLFI) Taps Chainlink Data Services as DeFi Platform Takes Shape

World Liberty Financial is spearheaded by Zachary Folkman and Chase Herro, who worked previously on DeFi platform Dough Finance, which saw $2 million of crypto assets drained through a July exploit. Members of the Trump family, including Donald Trump, publicly championed the project on social media, with the former president being titled as “Chief Crypto Advocate.” for the platform. Two of his sons, Eric Trump and Donald Trump Jr., are

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The stock market’s Trump honeymoon is turning sour

Brandon Bell/Getty Images; iStock; Rebecca Zisser/BI More than half of the stock market’s post-Trump-election rally has been erased. The turning point came Thursday, when Fed Chair Powell said the central bank will take its time cutting rates. That, plus a streak of strong economic data, has investors questioning whether a December cut is necessary. And just like that, half of the stock market’s euphoric post-Trump-election gain is gone. Major US

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Liberty Media to spin off assets; CEO Greg Maffei to step down at year-end

Liberty Media announced Wednesday that it’s spinning off most assets besides Formula One auto racing into a separate publicly traded company, called Liberty Live, and that CEO Greg Maffei is stepping down at year-end. Chairman John Malone will become interim CEO of Liberty Media. Liberty Media’s investor day is set to take place on Thursday in Manhattan. While the 83-year-old Malone will once again take the reigns as CEO, the

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Archegos’ Bill Hwang deserves 21 years in prison, US says By Reuters

By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) – Bill Hwang, the founder of Archegos Capital Management, should spend 21 years in prison for running a market manipulation scheme that wiped out his $36 billion firm and cost its lenders more than $10 billion, federal prosecutors said on Friday. Hwang, 60, faces a scheduled Nov. 20 sentencing in Manhattan federal court after being convicted in July on 10 criminal charges including securities

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