Launch capture

Advisor announcements and early claims.

This page preserves early WLFI public positioning as an evidence queue. Some X media links resolve to photo pages that may require X access, so the app also stores accessible Telegram, Medium, and reporting captures where available.

Advisors

Early public advisor slate.

These entries separate official/mirrored announcements from reported white paper leads. Fee, token, or equity interests still need primary-document support.

Advisor announcement2024-08-30

Corey Caplan announced as an early advisor

WLFI introduced Corey Caplan, co-founder and creator of Dolomite, as an early DeFi advisor.

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Timeline coverage quotes the WLFI post as introducing Caplan as the first of many advisors and describing him as an early Ethereum builder.

X media/photo link resolved from WLFI's pic.twitter shortlink; may require X access to view directly.

People: Corey Caplan

Advisor announcement2024-09-05

Alexei Dulub announced as an advisor

WLFI announced Alexei Dulub, founder of Web3 Antivirus and PixelPlex, as an advisor bringing blockchain security experience.

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Timeline coverage quotes the WLFI announcement describing Dulub as a blockchain pioneer since 2013 with custom L1/L2 experience.

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People: Alexei Dulub

Advisor announcement2024-09-07

Ogle / CryptOgle advisor spotlight

WLFI presented CryptOgle as a cybersecurity advisor and claimed he had recovered more than $400M in crypto from major hacks.

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The official Telegram mirror preserves the advisor spotlight and links to the WLFI X announcement; timeline coverage quotes the same announcement.

Telegram mirror is accessible; X media/photo link resolved from WLFI's pic.twitter shortlink.

People: Ogle / CryptOgle

Advisor announcement2024-09-10

Rafael Yakobi announced as legal/regulatory advisor

WLFI announced Rafael Yakobi of The Crypto Lawyers as an advisor with crypto regulatory experience.

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Protos notes Yakobi was announced as an advisor; timeline coverage quotes the WLFI X announcement; his firm profile describes his crypto legal practice.

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People: Rafael Yakobi

Advisor announcement2024-09-13

Luke Pearson announced as an advisor

WLFI announced Luke Pearson, General Partner at Polychain Capital, as an advisor focused on cryptography and zero-knowledge technology.

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Timeline coverage quotes the WLFI announcement and later official Medium copy quotes Pearson describing WLFI as an opportunity for accessible and secure programmable finance.

X media/photo link resolved from WLFI's pic.twitter shortlink; Medium preserves a later official quote.

People: Luke Pearson

Advisor announcement2024-09-15

Sandy Peng announced as an advisor

WLFI announced Sandy Peng, co-founder of Scroll, as an advisor and highlighted her Ethereum scaling background.

Screenshot of the WLFI advisor announcement for Sandy Peng
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The official Telegram mirror preserves the Sandy Peng post and links to the WLFI X announcement; timeline coverage quotes the same advisor announcement.

Telegram mirror is accessible; X media/photo link resolved from the timeline's pic.twitter shortlink.

People: Sandy Peng

Advisor announcement2024-09-24

Matt Morgan announced as an advisor

WLFI announced Matt Morgan, CEO of Mixie Studios and Mixie Media, as an advisor and claimed he scaled/exited ventures worth over $1B.

Screenshot of the WLFI advisor announcement for Matthew Lee Morgan
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The official Telegram mirror preserves the Matt Morgan post and timeline coverage quotes the WLFI X announcement.

Telegram mirror is accessible; X media/photo link resolved from WLFI's pic.twitter shortlink.

People: Matthew Lee Morgan

Advisor announcement2024-09-26

Ryan Fang announced as an advisor

WLFI announced Ryan Fang, founder of Tomo Wallet and co-founder of Ankr, as an advisor.

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Timeline coverage quotes the WLFI X announcement and links the advisor claim to Fang's Tomo Wallet, Ankr, and PrimeBlock background.

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People: Ryan Fang

Legal-counsel lead2024-09-03

Alex Golubitsky legal-counsel lead

CoinDesk reported that prelaunch white paper excerpts listed Alex Golubitsky as legal counsel, and Protos later reported he continued as a personal advisor after MetaLeX's work concluded.

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This is a reported white paper / legal-counsel lead, not a public WLFI advisor announcement found in the source pass.

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People: Alex Golubitsky, MetaLeX Pro

Claims

Launch promises and narrative hooks.

These are not treated as proven outcomes. They are the public claims to compare against code, governance, token flows, and corporate records.

Launch claim2024-09-07

Security, Aave, and stablecoin narrative

WLFI said it was working with top security experts, was not just another hostile fork of Aave, was working with Aave, and wanted U.S.-pegged stablecoins to remain the world's settlement layer for the next 100 years.

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The official Telegram mirror preserves the early long-form claim about Zokyo, Fuzzland, PeckShield, BlockSecTeam, Aave, mass adoption, and stablecoins.

Accessible Telegram mirror capture; use the mirrored post as the screenshot source.

People: World Liberty Financial

Launch claim2024-09-08

Building a project with the POTUS

WLFI told the community it was not every day that you get to build a project with the POTUS and asked crypto people to help shape the movement.

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The official Telegram mirror preserves the community recruitment post and its link to the official X account.

Accessible Telegram mirror capture; use the mirrored post as the screenshot source.

People: World Liberty Financial, Donald J. Trump

Launch claim2024-09-12

Mar-a-Lago launch with Donald Trump

WLFI announced a September 16, 2024 Mar-a-Lago livestream with Donald J. Trump and framed it as unveiling a plan to Make Finance Great Again.

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The official Telegram mirror preserves the announcement and links to the corresponding WLFI X post.

Telegram mirror capture available; X post link included for original context.

People: World Liberty Financial, Donald J. Trump

Launch claim2024-09-30

Whitelist opening and future-finance claim

WLFI said its whitelists were open, described the project as backed by Donald J. Trump, and said it would onboard the next wave of users into the future of finance.

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Timeline coverage quotes the WLFI whitelist thread and describes KYC whitelist limits for accredited U.S. investors and non-U.S. participants.

Secondary timeline capture; original X link should be screenshot-confirmed in a follow-up pass.

People: World Liberty Financial, Donald J. Trump

Launch claim2024-10-10

Mass-adoption DeFi protocol claim

WLFI said it intended to launch a robust global DeFi protocol, bring permissionless peer-to-peer digital asset systems to everyone, support one-click social login and wallet creation, and operate instances on Ethereum and Scroll subject to governance.

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Official Medium post by WLFI describes the intended protocol, governance platform, Aave proposal, Scroll, gas-less UX through paymasters, and forward-looking disclaimers.

Accessible Medium article capture; use the article as the screenshot source.

People: World Liberty Financial

Launch claim2024-10-11

Public sale and dollar-support framing

WLFI promoted an October 15 token sale for qualified whitelist participants and framed stablecoins as a way to support the U.S. dollar's reserve-currency role.

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Timeline coverage quotes the October 11 sale announcement and summarizes WLFI claims about stablecoins, qualified buyers, whitelist access, and sale mechanics.

Secondary timeline capture; original X link should be screenshot-confirmed in a follow-up pass.

People: World Liberty Financial