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Warren and Reed Demand Investigation Into Trump's Crypto Venture Over National Security Risks

MarketDash Editorial Team
20 days ago
Democratic senators are raising red flags about World Liberty Financial, questioning whether the Trump family's crypto operation sold tokens to sanctioned entities and money laundering platforms.

The Trump family's cryptocurrency venture is facing renewed scrutiny from Capitol Hill, and this time the concerns center on national security. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Jack Reed (D-R.I.) have written to Attorney General Pamela Bondi and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, raising serious questions about World Liberty Financial's operations.

The National Security Angle

Warren and Reed, both minority members of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, aren't pulling punches in their letter. According to a CNBC report on Tuesday, they're pointing to what they see as a troubling lack of safeguards at WLFI.

The senators are citing a September report from Accountable.US, a non-profit corporate watchdog, which documented something pretty eyebrow-raising: WLFI tokens allegedly ended up in the hands of some seriously questionable entities. We're talking traders linked to a North Korean hacking group, a sanctioned Russian "Ruble-backed sanctions evasion tool," an Iranian crypto exchange, and Tornado Cash—a platform known for money laundering.

That's quite a rogues' gallery. Warren and Reed are now demanding that the Treasury Department and Justice Department provide information on any potential enforcement actions against World Liberty Financial by December 1.

A Pattern of Controversy

If this feels like déjà vu, that's because the Trump family's crypto operation has been making headlines for a while now—and not in a good way. Back in September, Warren blasted the Trump family's reported $5 billion increase in paper wealth following WLFI's trading debut, calling it "corruption, plain and simple."

Then there's the Binance situation. President Donald Trump's October pardon of Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao sparked a firestorm, particularly after reports suggested the pardon coincided with a substantial boost in World Liberty Financial's market capitalization. Trump later claimed he didn't personally know the Binance CEO, attempting to create some distance from the controversy. Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT) wasn't buying it, responding bluntly: "Priceless / he thinks we are so dumb."

As for the token itself? WLFI was trading at $0.1385 at the time of writing, down 4.9% over the previous 24 hours. Not exactly the trajectory you want when you're already dealing with this kind of scrutiny.

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Warren and Reed Demand Investigation Into Trump's Crypto Venture Over National Security Risks

MarketDash Editorial Team
20 days ago
Democratic senators are raising red flags about World Liberty Financial, questioning whether the Trump family's crypto operation sold tokens to sanctioned entities and money laundering platforms.

The Trump family's cryptocurrency venture is facing renewed scrutiny from Capitol Hill, and this time the concerns center on national security. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Jack Reed (D-R.I.) have written to Attorney General Pamela Bondi and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, raising serious questions about World Liberty Financial's operations.

The National Security Angle

Warren and Reed, both minority members of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, aren't pulling punches in their letter. According to a CNBC report on Tuesday, they're pointing to what they see as a troubling lack of safeguards at WLFI.

The senators are citing a September report from Accountable.US, a non-profit corporate watchdog, which documented something pretty eyebrow-raising: WLFI tokens allegedly ended up in the hands of some seriously questionable entities. We're talking traders linked to a North Korean hacking group, a sanctioned Russian "Ruble-backed sanctions evasion tool," an Iranian crypto exchange, and Tornado Cash—a platform known for money laundering.

That's quite a rogues' gallery. Warren and Reed are now demanding that the Treasury Department and Justice Department provide information on any potential enforcement actions against World Liberty Financial by December 1.

A Pattern of Controversy

If this feels like déjà vu, that's because the Trump family's crypto operation has been making headlines for a while now—and not in a good way. Back in September, Warren blasted the Trump family's reported $5 billion increase in paper wealth following WLFI's trading debut, calling it "corruption, plain and simple."

Then there's the Binance situation. President Donald Trump's October pardon of Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao sparked a firestorm, particularly after reports suggested the pardon coincided with a substantial boost in World Liberty Financial's market capitalization. Trump later claimed he didn't personally know the Binance CEO, attempting to create some distance from the controversy. Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT) wasn't buying it, responding bluntly: "Priceless / he thinks we are so dumb."

As for the token itself? WLFI was trading at $0.1385 at the time of writing, down 4.9% over the previous 24 hours. Not exactly the trajectory you want when you're already dealing with this kind of scrutiny.