Feb 23, 2026
World Liberty Financial Claims Hackers and Paid FUD Targeted USD1 in Orchestrated Market Attack
CrimeStablecoinscrypto FUDCrypto market manipulation.Eric Trump cryptostablecoin depegUSD1 StablecoinWLFI attackWLFI hackWorld Liberty Financial
TLDR: World Liberty Financial alleged that several WLFI co-founder accounts were hacked during the Tuesday attack. Paid influencers reportedly spread fear and uncertainty to trigger a short-term sell-off in USD1 markets. USD1 briefly depegged to 0.9802 USDT before recovering to its intended $1.00 par value quickly. Eric Trump deleted WLFI-related posts on X, causing the [...]
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