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A longtime supporter of the president and of crypto-friendly policy says an early, heavy investment was made in World Liberty Financial based on a promised vision of a decentralized finance platform to promote financial freedom, remove intermediaries, and bring DeFi benefits to mainstream Americans

It is alleged WLFI embedded a backdoor blacklisting function in the WLFI token smart contract, giving the company the unilateral ability to freeze, restrict, and effectively confiscate token holders' property without notice, cause, or recourse

This is presented as the opposite of decentralization — a trap door marketed as an open door
The ongoing token scandals at WLFI are denounced

The claimant identifies as the first and largest victim after a 2025 blacklisting of a WLFI wallet, arguing this violated investor rights and blockchain fairness principles

Allegations include extracting fees from users, secretly implanting backdoor controls over assets, freezing investor funds without disclosure or due process, and treating the crypto community as a personal ATM — actions characterized as illegitimate and not authorized by any fair governance process

Reportedly, governance votes cited to justify these actions lacked transparency: key information was withheld, meaningful participation was restricted, and outcomes were predetermined, so the votes reflected the designers' will rather than the community's

These measures are said to be unrelated to the claimant or to investors who believed the project's promises, and they are strongly opposed

The WLFI team's conduct is said to erode trust in the project; advocates call for tokens to be unlocked, transparency to be restored, and rebuilding with integrity rather than misconduct