Coffeezilla also examined Tron founder Justin Sun’s USD 75 million investment in World Liberty while he faced an SEC civil fraud case. Sun later became an adviser, before a dispute over WLFI token governance. The SEC subsequently resolved its case involving Sun and his companies. The Trump administration pardoned Binance founder Changpeng Zhao.
According to White, Binance promotional campaigns helped USD1 adoption, with some offering annualized yields of 20% to customers holding the token. World Liberty said the stablecoin’s growth reflected demand and commercial arrangements.
The investigation cited approximately USD 600 million generated through the TRUMP memecoin and USD 6 million associated with Melania Trump’s crypto and NFT ventures. White said the TRUMP and MELANIA tokens had fallen about 95% and 99% from their peaks.
