Crypto Trader Earns $250 Million from Trump-Linked WLFI Token Launch

A trader known as Techno Revenant profited $250 million from the launch of world liberty financial (WLFI), a decentralized finance token linked to Donald Trump's family. The trader previously earned $38 million trading plasma (XPL) volatility.

  • The trader invested $15 million in the WLFI token sale last year.
  • On Monday, the wallet received 1% of the total WLFI supply, valued at approximately $250 million.
  • WLFI began trading at 40 cents, later dropping to 25 cents during a session with over $5 billion in trading volume.
  • A phishing campaign targeted WLFI token holders, exploiting a loophole related to Ethereum’s Pectra upgrade.

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