# Inside Trump Crypto Project Linked to $2M DeFi Hack and Former Pick-Up Artist

Source: https://www.coindesk.com/business/2024/09/03/inside-the-trump-crypto-project-linked-to-a-2m-defi-hack-and-former-pick-up-artist
Kiwi News: https://news.kiwistand.com/stories/Inside-Trump-Crypto-Project-Linked-to-dollar2M-DeFi-Hack-and-Former-Pick-Up-Artist?index=0x66e85bbba5133e405f9867b1402d37ceed66e62e9ef78fd446e729a552c9d1e3baa42093
Submitted by misha on 2024-09-16 UTC, 2 upvotes, 1 comment

## Summary

Trump's inner circle has been privately shopping a white paper for World Liberty Financial, a crypto borrowing and lending project, and CoinDesk reports that its early code appears to be lifted from Dough Finance, a DeFi app drained of $2 million in July. Four people listed as World Liberty Financial team members previously worked on Dough Finance, according to a person familiar with the matter, and the article notes that Zachary Folkman, listed as head of operations, once registered Date Hotter Girls LLC, a pick-up advice company. Folkman, Chase Herro, World Liberty Financial and the Trump campaign did not respond to requests for comment.

## Comments

**misha**: Donald Trump’s family-run World Liberty Financial crypto project has reportedly lifted the code of a blockchain app that was previously hacked for $2 million. https://www.certik.com/resources/blog/3SMOuGMCSttY4pQW6I49W2-dough-finance-incident-analysis