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.
Local advisor-announcement screenshot.
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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.
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.
X media/photo link resolved from WLFI's pic.twitter shortlink; may require X access to view directly.
WLFI announced Luke Pearson, General Partner at Polychain Capital, as an advisor focused on cryptography and zero-knowledge technology.
Local advisor-announcement screenshot.
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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.
WLFI announced Sandy Peng, co-founder of Scroll, as an advisor and highlighted her Ethereum scaling background.
Local advisor-announcement screenshot.
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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.
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.
Article capture only; no official X screenshot was found in this pass.
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.
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.
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.
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.