#aqua1foundation — Public Fediverse posts

In response to a Reuters request, #Aqua1Foundation last month provided an unsigned statement, saying: “At this stage, we are not disclosing additional information beyond what has been publicly shared.”

It added: “Aqua 1 is backed by a group of long-term, mission-aligned partners & led by #DaveLee & a global team with deep expertise in web3 & digital asset infrastructure.” Aqua 1 did not respond to a detailed set of questions….

#Trump #WorldLibertyFinancial #crypto #DarkMoney #emoluments

Yet a review by Reuters of corporate registries, #Aqua1Foundation’s digital profile & other public information reveal almost nothing about the source of its capital or the person it named as its founding partner, #DaveLee.

Reuters could not find a way of contacting Lee directly. An Aqua 1 press release, which was published on Reuters.com as sponsored content, listed an email for a person named Dora Lee as a media contact.

#Trump #WorldLibertyFinancial #crypto #DarkMoney #emoluments

Of all the riddles wrapped in the digital wallets sending funds to #Trump’s #WorldLibertyFinancial #crypto business, a little-known entity last month became the biggest.

A venture calling itself #Aqua1Foundation & saying it is based in the #UAE announced in late June it had bought $100 million worth of World Liberty’s crypto tokens, becoming the largest publicly known investor in the business.

#DarkMoney #emoluments
https://www.reuters.com/business/finance/trumps-100-million-crypto-mystery-man-2025-07-11/

"If Aqua 1 Foundation has been working with World Liberty Financial since the president’s primary crypto venture launched in September 2024, there’s little to no evidence of the relationship in the public record. Trump did travel to the UAE in May 2025, where he announced “over $200 billion in commercial deals between the United States and the United Arab Emirates.” Two weeks later, someone began registering websites and social media accounts for Aqua 1 Foundation.

The president’s latest crypto benefactors, whoever they turn out to be, stand to gain enormously from their $100 million investment. Until now, the $WLFI token has only been a “governance token,” granting its holders the right to vote on proposed changes to the World Liberty Financial platform. But the token itself has been nontransferrable—meaning that anyone buying it was putting money into a token that couldn’t be sold or moved. That’s about to change. World Liberty Financial recently put out a vote to “unlock” $WLFI tokens, allowing them to be moved between wallets—a change that won the fulsome support from the current holders of $WLFI. Soon, $WLFI will be tradable on public markets, and its early backers will be able to cash out—ensuring, in turn, that the most flagrantly corrupt president in American history will once again line his pockets."

https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/trump-crypto-world-liberty-financial-aqua-1-foundation/#

#USA #Trump #Crypto #Cryptocurrencies #Aqua1Foundation #WLFI #Kleptocracy

Last month Trump-sponsored crypto company World Liberty Financial announced their largest investment to date from a UAE company called Aqua 1 Foundation

There is no evidence that Aqua 1 exists

Truly bonkers story

#Trump #TrumpCrypto #WorldLibertyFinancial #WLFI #Aqua1Foundation

https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/trump-crypto-world-liberty-financial-aqua-1-foundation/