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According to The Block, Jaret Seiberg, Managing Director of the Washington Research Group at investment bank TD Cowen, stated that stablecoin yield issues are not the sole obstacle to the passage of the Clarity Act—and cited the following five additional hurdles: 1. A severe shortage of Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) commissioners: only Chairman Michael Selig remains in office, and the process to appoint new commissioners could take several months, while the bill must complete its review by the end of July; 2. Complex regulatory questions surrounding prediction markets—including concerns about insider trading and potential conflicts of interest involving the Trump family—which may prompt Democratic lawmakers to withdraw their support via related amendments; 3. Ongoing controversy surrounding World Liberty Financial, a cryptocurrency project affiliated with the Trump family, increasing political resistance from Democrats toward supporting the bill; 4. Reports indicating Iran is discussing requiring vessels transiting the Strait of Hormuz to pay tolls in cryptocurrency—a development that could trigger contentious anti-money laundering (AML) amendments, potentially serving as a “poison pill” for the bill; 5. Risk that the Credit Card Competition Act could be attached to the Clarity Act, jeopardizing the entire bill’s progress. Regarding stablecoin yield issues, Senator Thom Tillis indicated that the Senate Banking Committee will not vote on the bill until as early as May. TD Cowen maintains its assessment that the bill has approximately a one-in-three chance of passing this year, while Galaxy Digital estimates the probability at roughly 50%.
Sun Yuchen has recently filed a lawsuit against World Liberty Financial in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California to protect his legitimate rights and interests as a $WLFI token holder. Sun stated that the World Liberty project team unilaterally froze all his tokens, stripped him of his voting rights on governance proposals, and threatened to permanently “burn” his tokens—without providing any reasonable explanation. He emphasized that he had repeatedly attempted to resolve the dispute through non-litigious means, but the project team refused to unfreeze his tokens or restore his rights as a token holder, leaving him with no choice but to pursue legal action. Additionally, Sun explicitly opposes World Liberty’s new governance proposal released on April 15. Under this proposal, token holders who do not actively accept its terms will have their tokens locked indefinitely; early purchasers’ tokens are subject to a two-year lock-up period followed by a two-year vesting schedule. As Sun’s tokens remain frozen, he is currently unable to vote on this proposal.
According to PRNewswire, Nasdaq-listed Eightco Holdings (ORBS) released an update on its holdings, disclosing that the total value of its assets has increased to approximately $336 million, comprising: 283,452,700 Worldcoin (WLD) tokens; 11,068 ETH; a $90 million investment in OpenAI; a $25 million investment in Beast Industries; and $118 million in cash and stablecoins. Eightco Holdings stated that its WLD token holdings account for 23% of the company’s total assets, its investment in OpenAI now represents 27% of total assets (down from a previous level), and its investment in Beast Industries accounts for 7% of total assets.
Odaily News World has launched the most significant upgrade to its World ID protocol to date, covering approximately 18 million Orb-verified users and expanding into multiple application scenarios including social networking, conferencing, and ticketing.This upgrade introduces several new features, including multi-key support, key rotation, account recovery, and session management. It also launches the standalone World ID app, serving as the entry point for user identity authentication and authorization management.On the application front, Tinder has integrated a "Verified Human Badge" to identify real users; Zoom has rolled out a "Deep Face" feature to detect AI-generated deepfakes in video calls; and a ticketing tool called Concert Kit has also been introduced.Furthermore, platforms such as Reddit, Razer, and Mythical Games are also exploring or integrating this system.World has proposed the concept of "human continuity," emphasizing not only the verification of user identity but also ensuring the consistency of the same real individual across different scenarios. Industry observers believe this direction could become crucial infrastructure for combating AI-generated deepfakes.
Odaily News In response to the token unlock proposal released by WLFI yesterday, Sun Yuchen once again posted a critique, stating: "This is 'World Tyranny,' not 'World Free Finance.' This proposal is packaged as a 'governance alignment signal' and a 'long-term commitment,' but stripping away the packaging reveals one of the most absurd governance scams I have ever seen. I will explain point by point."Sun Yuchen further elaborated that the proposal has five major points of controversy, including:1. Opposing means being penalized—a classic coercive tactic;2. Voters have been selectively frozen;3. All actual power has been usurped by anonymous individuals;4. Voters must use real names, while the rulers remain anonymous—worse than tyranny;5. A blatant violation of property rights involving billions of dollars.Sun Yuchen concluded by saying: "I call on all WLFI holders to recognize the true nature of this proposal, express opposition on all public channels, and reserve all legal rights to pursue claims."Recommended Reading: Good news, your WLFI is about to unlock; Bad news, you have to wait until Trump retires first
According to the official WLFI announcement, World Liberty Financial has issued a governance proposal to the community, with the following key points: A total of 45.2 billion WLFI tokens held by advisors, institutions, partners, founders, and team members will adopt a “2-year lock-up period + 3-year linear vesting” schedule; participants must burn 10% of their tokens upon opting in, resulting in up to approximately 4.5 billion tokens permanently burned. Meanwhile, the 17 billion WLFI tokens held by early supporters will follow a “2-year lock-up period + 2-year linear vesting” schedule with no token burn required. Tokens not actively accepted under the new schedule will remain indefinitely locked. If approved, this proposal ensures that a total of 62.2 billion WLFI tokens will continuously participate in governance for at least two years. WLFI states this move represents one of the strongest long-term governance alignment signals in the DeFi space.
According to CoinDesk, researchers from the University of California, Santa Barbara; the University of California, San Diego; blockchain security firm Fuzzland; and World Liberty Financial jointly published a paper warning that “LLM routers”—intermediary services positioned between users and AI models—have become a major threat to cryptocurrency asset security. The researchers discovered that 26 LLM routers are secretly injecting malicious tool calls and stealing user credentials, with one incident resulting in the complete draining of a customer’s cryptocurrency wallet worth $500,000. Additionally, by “poisoning” the router ecosystem, the researchers were able to gain control of approximately 400 downstream hosts within hours. Since sensitive data—including private keys and API credentials—is frequently transmitted in plaintext through these routers, users unknowingly expose their assets to risk. The researchers note that as McKinsey forecasts AI agents will mediate $3–5 trillion in global consumer commerce by 2030—and Binance founder Changpeng Zhao predicts AI agents’ payment volume will be one million times greater than that of humans—the current infrastructure’s security lags far behind the pace of industry development. The “weakest link” risk could thus trigger systemic, cascading crises.
SimpleChain announced the completion of a $15 million seed funding round, raised privately from family offices and institutional investors. SimpleChain is building an RWA-focused Layer 1 operating system for institutions. Built on Granular Data and native Compliance-as-a-Service (CaaS) technologies, the platform aims to accelerate the development of the Real World Assets (RWA) sector. The official statement notes that further updates will be released in the future. SimpleChain focuses on asset tokenization, on-chain verification, compliance automation, and global liquidity—providing infrastructure support for real-world economic systems. Its core capabilities include a trusted data foundation, a programmable compliance layer, and a high-performance blockchain architecture, enabling institutional-grade RWA issuance and on-chain financialization. SimpleChain seeks to enable seamless global interaction among assets, data, and institutions—replacing traditional intermediaries’ trust with technology, cryptography, and verifiable data.