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...Which comes in the form of a.... wait for it.... clickable link.
kinda wish I knew what my main account password was. Forgot this account even existed. Fun schtick though.
...Which comes in the form of a.... wait for it.... clickable link.
Pure grift.
I often wondered what the outcome would be of the American tendency to worship materialism.
This is it. A grift culture to rival that of the russian empire, a pure Kleptocracy.
https://www.coindesk.com/markets/202...-price-declineStrategy (MSTR), the world’s largest corporate bitcoin BTC $63,177.02 holder, reported Thursday an $8.2 billion second-quarter net loss after the cryptocurrency’s price decline erased billions of dollars from the value of its digital asset holdings.
The quarterly loss was driven almost entirely by an $8.32 billion unrealized markdown on its bitcoin holdings under fair-value accounting.
During the World Cup soccer final in New Jersey last month, Zach Witkoff, co-founder of President Trump’s cryptocurrency company, took in the action from a luxury suite. Joining him was a man who had made the president, and all the company’s co-founders, much richer.
Two years earlier, the man, Guren “Bobby” Zhou, was a failed hardwood flooring retailer in Britain who had come under investigation there for money laundering and presided over the collapse of a small crypto start-up.
Then seemingly out of nowhere, he became one of the biggest buyers of tokens from Mr. Trump’s company, World Liberty Financial, dropping a total of $100 million through a new firm called Aqua 1. He kept quiet about it for months, other than speaking briefly as “Mr. Bobby” from Aqua 1 during a little-noticed audio stream on X.
“We’re very proud to be a major player in the World Liberty, which is Trump’s family’s crypto venture,” he said.https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/09/u...-android-shareIn any prior era, a windfall for the president of that size from a foreigner with no public signs of access to that level of wealth would have certainly gone against norms and might have spawned a congressional investigation.
Instead, the curious case of Mr. Zhou illustrates the ease with which buyers with unknown backgrounds and motivations can use the anonymity of cryptocurrency to shower Mr. Trump with money. The president’s recent financial disclosure form shows that he collected $1.4 billion from his crypto businesses last year, the majority of it from anonymous sources.
our shady af president has some shady af financial backers
Patrick Prinz, the chief operating officer of Recoveris, a Switzerland-based firm that investigates digital asset crimes, said a combination of the red flags described to him by The New York Times should have triggered the do entation requirement: Mr. Zhou’s business failures, his sudden access to wealth, the size of the transaction and the investigation.
David Wachsman, a spokesman for World Liberty, said in a statement that the company had followed all applicable laws and regulations. “World Liberty maintains a compliance program that meets or exceeds industry standards,” he said.
anic corruption
The president’s recent financial disclosure form shows that he collected $1.4 billion from his crypto businesses last year, the majority of it from anonymous sources.
not bothering to hide his own corruption/self-dealing is one of Trump's superpowers
https://readsludge.com/2026/08/20/tr...ness-partners/President Trump gathered cryptocurrency executives, crypto lobbyists, and their federal regulators at the White House on Wednesday to advance policies benefiting an industry that has become a major source of income for his family—including companies that directly do business with his crypto ventures.
Today’s session preceded the inaugural meeting of the CFTC Innovation Advisory Committee, or IAC, to be held Thursday—a 35-member body that includes not only crypto ans, but also prediction market companies with financial ties to Donald Trump Jr.
Many of the companies at today’s meeting have made large donations to the Trump–Vance inaugural committee, his super PAC MAGA Inc., or the White House ballroom project that is one of the president’s top priorities.
He asked them if there is another rug he can pull somewhere.
Trump 2.0 is a criminal enterprise, any subsequent transfer of power should reflect that
UAE backs Trump's new crypto bank
https://www.wsj.com/finance/currenci...heikh-38579473The Abu Dhabi royal sometimes referred to as the “spy sheikh” is a major shareholder backing a new U.S. bank the Trump family’s cryptocurrency venture is preparing to launch, according to people familiar with the matter.
Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed al Nahyan and co-investors are behind an en y that owns the largest stake—49%—in the holding company that World Liberty Financial created to house its banking venture, according to people familiar with the matter. The sheikh last year backed a $500 million investment into World Liberty Financial in exchange for a 49% stake in the company, The Wall Street Journal previously reported.
Ethics experts said the timing of the new banking venture is significant because the expansion of Trump’s business relationship with a foreign government official is taking place while he is a sitting president—and at a time when his administration was actively negotiating with the U.A.E…
Blue-coded rug pull
$LAPTOP
https://www.wsj.com/finance/currenci...-coin-4d46fc9cHunter Biden (and His Laptop) Enter the Cryptosphere With New Meme Coin
The personal computer that launched a thousand memes will debut this week as a digital token
Milkshake Duck Coin
Trump crime family positions itself to cash out of WLF
https://www.washingtonsun.com/donald...ancial-vestingPresident Donald Trump and his three sons have taken a step that would permit them to cash out the digital “tokens” created by the family’s cryptocurrency firm, intensifying concerns from ethics experts about potential conflicts of interest.
On May 19, four anonymous digital wallets simultaneously moved more than 20 billion in $WLFI — one of the two crypto “tokens” launched by the Trumps’ firm — to a vesting contract. The new contract kicks off a waiting period after which the accounts are able to sell their holdings.
One of the exchanges was for the precise amount of crypto that Trump was awarded when setting up the firm, World Liberty Financial, which he controls. Three of the others match precisely the amount of crypto given to other relatives of the president. Trump’s sons — Don Jr., Eric, and Barron — are the only other family members who have been identified as founders.
The change to the holdings has not been previously reported. In a statement to The Washington Sun, Eric Hageman, a partner at a law firm representing World Liberty Financial, said that new governance rules approved by the company required its founders to move the tokens to a vesting contract and denied that the new vesting contract represented a first step toward a sale of the tokens.
didn't want to get locked in to a deteriorating position
While their value would decline if sold, the tokens owned by the family are currently valued at more than $1 billion. The president has already reported more than $550 million in income from sale of World Liberty Financial tokens, while retail investors have lost $1 billion from their investments in the company, according to an analysis by a blockchain company.
Hageman said the founders were obligated to remove 10% of their $WLFI holdings from circulation, and that “the only way” to do so was to move them into a vesting contract. Wachsman also said that “all” the co-founders of the company agreed to the “overwhelmingly popular governance proposal.”
The company’s latest governance rules, approved on May 6, state that founders “will have the option to elect less favorable unlock terms or remain locked indefinitely.” Before the transfers, the crypto tokens were considered “locked” and could not be moved. After the transfers, the tokens can be sold after a vesting period.
Additionally, the governance do ent states the conditions of the vesting contract apply “if” founders “opt in.” It adds that if a founder “does not affirmatively accept this new vesting schedule, their tokens will not be burned and they will continue to have their tokens locked indefinitely.” The tokens can be used to vote on World Liberty Financial’s governance.
Trump’s personal allotment of 14.175 billion in $WLFI tokens has a current market value of roughly $1 billion, though that would surely plummet if the president tried to sell them. The other three accounts, appearing to belong to Trump’s sons, each contain roughly 2.75 billion in $WLFI tokens, which would likely be worth hundreds of millions of dollars in the event of a sale.
The opportunity to use Trump’s crypto firm to buy influence with the White House has raised alarms. Chinese crypto billionaire Justin Sun bought $75 million in $WLFI tokens, after which the Securities and Exchange Commission dismissed an outstanding civil fraud lawsuit against Sun and his businesses. Four days before Trump’s inauguration, a firm backed by top officials in the United Arab Emirates also purchased a 49% stake in the family crypto firm.
The opportunity to use Trump’s crypto firm to buy influence with the White House has raised alarms. Chinese crypto billionaire Justin Sun bought $75 million in $WLFI tokens, after which the Securities and Exchange Commission dismissed an outstanding civil fraud lawsuit against Sun and his businesses. Four days before Trump’s inauguration, a firm backed by top officials in the United Arab Emirates also purchased a 49% stake in the family crypto firm.
lol hunter biden
https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics...-coin-collapse
Trump solicits more crypto bribes
In a new page on its website, GetTrumpMemes.com, the crypto firm promises invitations to “an evening with 3 Legends and President Donald J. Trump” for the 185 largest holders of the “Trump Coin.” (The number of “legends” promised dropped from four to three on Wednesday.) The top 29 purchasers will be invited to an additional “VIP Reception with YOUR FAVORITE PRESIDENT,” while the four biggest will also receive an 18-karat Trump-branded gold watch.https://www.washingtonsun.com/whiteh...er-crypto-firmTrump’s “meme coin” has been the most lucrative of the multiple crypto products tied to the president. The president has earned $635 million from this venture since it started in 2025, as part of the $1.4 billion he has disclosed as having earned from business ventures through last year.
Purchasers of Trump’s crypto products have lost an estimated $4.7 billion combined thus far, according to an analysis by Public Citizen, a watchdog group.
Nick Pinto, a 26-year-old crypto investor, said he invested $450,000 in the Trump meme coin and the value of his investments is down to roughly $50,000. He said he was disappointed by the first dinner last year, as Trump was there for “no more” than 20 minutes and did not take photos with the crypto holders.
The steak was only 5 ounces and “not something you’d get at a steakhouse in New York,” he said. Pinto also said that, if it was an option, he could see himself voting for Trump again. He plans on attending the upcoming dinner.
“I hope the food is better this time,” he said.
money funnel for foreign influence on Trump
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-meme-coin-dinner-foreign-top-bidders/More than half of the top holders listed as competing for seats at President Trump's next meme coin dinner have used cryptocurrency exchanges that prohibit U.S. customers, indicating that many of the buyers are based overseas, according to a CBS News analysis.
The gala, set for Nov. 22 at the Trump National Golf Club outside Washington, D.C., will seat the 185 largest holders of the $TRUMP meme coin, according to the website for Fight Fight Fight LLC, the company behind the coin. A public leaderboard for the event only lists the top 100 holders.
Mr. Trump is billed as the featured speaker alongside three yet-to-be-named "legends." The top 29 holders will get upfront seating and a VIP reception with the president, the website says.
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