Less than three weeks before the US elections, former President Donald Trump is holding steady, at least according to the betting markets. According to Polymarket, users bet on a nearly 59% chance that Trump will win over his Democratic Party rival, Kamala Harris, this November. Trump now boasts an 18-point lead, his biggest ever since Harris joined the race. Harris’ numbers dropped to 40.8%, based on the platform’s Presidential Election Winner 2024 polls.
While Trump’s numbers are improving, his coin launch has encountered a setback. World Liberty Financial’s token launch hit a roadblock Tuesday after the website suffered lengthy glitches and outages. According to reports, the website was inaccessible most of the day, and only around 4,300 unique addresses held the coin, way below the expected 100,000 individuals expected to participate.
Source: Polymarket
Trump And His Crypto Dreams
Donald Trump led the launch of WLF’s token, which many view as his deeper engagement in the crypto space and can also help fund his campaign. Many also see his support for Bitcoin as a move to appeal to younger and tech-savvy voters.
Trump and his associates have been discussing this crypto project since August, calling it “The DeFiant Ones,” a play on its anti-establishment stance and decentralized finance (DeFi).
BTCUSD trading at $67,157 on the daily chart: TradingView.com
World Liberty Financial aims to transform into a crypto bank, and its co-founder, Zachary Folkman, expects over 100,000 individuals to be on their list to invest. However, due to multiple outages throughout the day, only around 4,300 wallets managed to hold the token, representing just 4% of the total in registration.
Source: World Liberty Financial
