World Liberty receives a $100 million investment from Aqua 1 fund amid manipulation suspicions
Aqua 1, a Web3 investment fund from the UAE, has just invested $100 million in WLFI – the governance token of the DeFi platform World Liberty Financial, supported by the Trump family. This investment makes Aqua 1 the largest individual investor, surpassing even Justin Sun.
Goals and major questions
The investment aims to enhance governance protocol activities and the transition of global finance to blockchain, focusing on stablecoin
$USD1 and the tokenization of real assets (RWA). Aqua 1 will also support WLFI in expanding into international markets and is committed to enhancing transparency standards. Both parties plan to launch Aqua Fund in the UAE, aimed at promoting the digital transformation of the Middle Eastern economy through blockchain and AI.
However, this transaction is raising many suspicions. On-chain data shows that wallet
#Aqua1 received 800 million WLFI just two weeks before the official transaction, and the $100 million investment occurred less than 24 hours after WLFI confirmed it would soon list the token, raising concerns of internal manipulation.
In addition, the MGX fund (backed by the Abu Dhabi sovereign wealth fund) using World Liberty's USD1 stablecoin to invest $2 billion in Binance also raises concerns about potential policy manipulation, although both parties have denied it. The Trump family is also alleged to have quietly divested from
#WLFI , with Mr. Trump personally netting tens of millions in profit. Eric Trump also announced that WLFI would purchase a significant amount of TRUMP memecoin, along with plans to develop a private wallet and Bitcoin, Ethereum ETF, indicating ambitious plans within the Trump-branded digital asset ecosystem.