Zak, the co-founder of Corn: Ensuring Ethereum Captures More Value from the L2 Ecosystem

⚡️ JUST IN: Tesla just approved a $29B stock award for Elon Musk to keep him as CEO. https://t.co/Zak5oOXbeA

This week everyone is discussing the future of the economy in a post-superintelligence age. @JulesUrbach explored this in 'Life After Automation' when launching @rendernetwork. A post-AGI economy may shift from an industrial production focus to new forms of creativity powered by advanced simulation. 👇 https://t.co/eXV3ZAkYjU

10 years on, Ethereum has rebuilt itself time and again without compromising on its values, community members say

Trump-linked WLFI invests $10.00M in Falcon Finance for stablecoin development

DWF Labs-backed Falcon Finance claims $10 million investment from Trump’s World Liberty Financial

MetaArena is gaining serious traction 👾 30k+ UAW in 24h (+428%) and 36k+ txs mark a major activity spike. The team also announced their participation in Sei Gaming Day, happening July 31st - an event powered by @SeiNetwork and @MagicEden. Web3 gaming momentum is real. https://t.co/040ZAk5zEV

We’re going live to talk all things USD1 Vault on StakeStone’s LiquidityPad - a new era of stablecoin utility is here. 🗓️ 21 July, Monday 🕤 1:30PM UTC Lineup: 🎙️ Zak Folkman @zakfolkman - Co-Founder, @worldlibertyfi 🎙️ Cheng - COO, @CIAN_protocol 🎙️ Lorena - BD Lead, @lista_dao 🎙️ Rose @Rose3e3e3 - CSO, StakeStone 📍 Hosted by @Moon1ightSt 🎧 Tune in here: https://t.co/iYFo5Lhc6m Don’t miss this deep dive into real yield, real utility, and the future of USD1.

X Space later today! Don't miss out. We’re going live to talk all things USD1 Vault on StakeStone’s LiquidityPad - a new era of stablecoin utility is here. Space link: https://t.co/iYFo5Lhc6m Hosted by @Moon1ightSt 🗓️ 21 July, Monday 🕤 1:30PM UTC Lineup: 🎙️ Rose @Rose3e3e3 – CSO, StakeStone 🎙️ Lorena – BD Lead, @lista_dao 🎙️ Zak Folkman @zakfolkman, Co-Founder, @worldlibertyfi 🎙️ Cheng – COO, @CIAN_protocol Don’t miss this deep dive into real yield, real utility, and the future of USD1.

Zero-knowledge-powered Privacy Pools integrates Sky’s USDS stablecoin in first expansion into multi-asset pools

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Trump family-backed business votes on making governance token tradable

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"ETH Returning to $10,000" is no longer just a slogan. Faced with sluggish coin prices and foundation controversies, former Ethereum core developer Zak Cole launched the Ethereum Community Foundation (ECF) at EthCC 8, promising to "Say what the EF doesn't say and do what the EF doesn't do," with the mission of revitalizing ETH's belief and defending its asset attributes. Zak Cole has a diverse background, having served in the U.S. military, worked in network engineering, and later devoted himself to blockchain, founding the testing platform Whiteblock, the smart contract auditing platform Code4rena, and participating in multiple Web3 projects. He bluntly stated that the ETH price has been neglected for too long, and the foundation is too idealistic, lacking strategy and transparency. The ECF claims to have a clear goal: to increase the value of ETH. In the initial stage, it has raised millions of dollars worth of ETH and only funds "tokenless and immutable" infrastructure projects, emphasizing economic sustainability and credible neutrality. The first batch of grants includes the Ethereum Validator Association (EVA), which aims to empower stakers and influence protocol development and monetary policy. The ECF proposes a principle of "radical transparency": the direction of grants will be decided by community "coin voting," and project progress and finances will be publicly disclosed. It is also actively promoting cooperation with governments and regulatory agencies in an attempt to expand the institutional adoption base of ETH. Although the outside world has doubts about the tokenless incentive mechanism, the establishment of the ECF itself is a signal: when the EF is criticized for being "out of touch," there is still a force willing to step forward and inject a new sense of direction and purpose into ETH. As for whether ETH can really return to $10,000, the answer may depend on whether it can awaken the renewed cohesion of developers and the community.

Weekly Hot Project Updates: Ethereum Community Fund Established, Polygon Joins Forces with GSR to Launch Katana, Lido Launches Dual Governance, etc. (0629–0705)

🚨JUST IN: ETHEREUM CORE DEV ZAK COLE LAUNCHES ETHEREUM COMMUNITY FOUNDATION TO PUSH ETH TO $10,000

Serial entrepreneur Zak Cole announced the establishment of the Ethereum Community Foundation (ECF) at the EthCC conference: We say what the Ethereum Foundation doesn't dare to say, we do what the Ethereum Foundation can't do, we serve ETH holders, and ETH reaching $10,000.00 is not a joke. I recommend the Asian Ethereum shilling king @Jackyi_ld to be the chairman.

According to an announcement released by Ethereum core developer Zak Cole, a new organization called Ethereum Community Foundation (ECF) has been established to support institutional-grade adoption of the Ethereum infrastructure and ultimately drive up the price of ETH. Cole stated that the organization has currently raised millions of dollars worth of ETH, which will be used to support projects that build "trustworthy neutral" technologies. ECF wrote on its official website: "All supported integration projects must promote the burning of ETH. This mechanism aligns institutional usage with the value of ETH holders. By prioritizing mechanisms that reduce the ETH supply, we ensure that adoption behavior reinforces the network's monetary integrity." In addition, all projects supported by ECF must meet two conditions: "immutable" and "tokenless." The foundation is particularly focused on application projects that put real-world assets (such as stocks, bonds, real estate, etc.) on-chain, and will also fund projects that contribute to "public goods," including fixing the data availability (blob space) price imbalance. Cole said: "The allocation of project funding will be decided by community voting." According to Cole's speech, ECF's first project is the "Ethereum Validator Association (EVA)," which aims to give network validators more say in protocol development and use staked ETH to express preferences. EVA will also fund the construction of validator infrastructure. It is currently unclear which organizations or individuals are supporting the foundation's operations.

This week's Duel Cup results! Red Dragon/L Class🔴 🥇zak/@zak_bcg 🥈Ayrton/@Ayrton_rendoro 🥉Shiranari/@setsuyakuinfo It's zak's 1st L Class win this season! 👏 He won't give up even after 2 years, and now all of his efforts finally bring him a good result!㊗️ Congratulations!🎉 https://t.co/TXRyrdfdWZ

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World Liberty Financial Sees Strong Interest in WLFI as Treasury Asset: Report

Wu Shuo Daily Highlights of Crypto News - U.S. Initial Jobless Claims for the Week Ending June 21st: 236,000

Just In: Trump’s World Liberty Financial Secures $100M To Fuel DeFi Expansion

🔍 Trump-linked crypto firm World Liberty Financial plans to release a stablecoin audit and debut a new app soon, co-founder Zak Folkman confirmed Wednesday. #Trump #WLFI https://t.co/yVPQqslR4F

Trump-linked World Liberty sells $100 million in WLFI tokens to UAE-based fund

WLFI Co-founder: Multiple Listed Companies Considering Adding WLFI Tokens to Corporate Reserve Assets According to Bloomberg, WLFI co-founder Zak Folkman said at the "Permissionless" crypto industry conference in New York on Wednesday that the platform is receiving "strong interest" from multiple listed companies looking to use its WLFI tokens as corporate reserve assets. Folkman also announced the launch of the new World Liberty Financial application. Folkman said, "We have a very close relationship with Michael Saylor, and we greatly appreciate everything he has done strategically, as well as the way he has spread the idea of holding corporate reserves in the form of Cryptocurrency. Multiple listed companies have already expressed strong interest in using WLFI tokens as their corporate reserves."

WLFI Co-founder: Multiple Listed Companies Considering Including WLFI Tokens in Corporate Reserve Assets According to Bloomberg, Zak Folkman, co-founder of the Trump family-linked DeFi platform World Liberty Financial, said at the "Permissionless" crypto industry conference in New York on Wednesday that the platform is receiving "strong interest" from multiple listed companies looking to use its WLFI token as a corporate reserve asset. Folkman also announced the launch of the new World Liberty Financial application. Folkman said: "We have a very close relationship with Michael Saylor—we greatly appreciate everything he has done in terms of strategy and the way he has spread the idea of holding corporate reserves in the form of Cryptocurrency. Several listed companies have already expressed strong interest in using WLFI tokens as their corporate reserves."

According to Bloomberg, Zak Folkman, co-founder of the Trump family–affiliated DeFi platform World Liberty Financial Inc., said at the Permissionless conference in New York that multiple public companies are interested in holding the WLFI token in their treasuries. He also announced the launch of the World Liberty Financial App. https://t.co/2AUgcUG5vD

World Liberty Financial says it will make WLFI token tradeable in the near future.

This week's Duel Cup results! Common/C Class🔵🥇Shiranari/@setsuyakuinfo🥈 杖屋🐉/@Sy_Padel_0104🥉zak/@zak_bcg It's time for Shiranari to shine! He won against other players by 2 points.👏Congratulations!🎉 https://t.co/OA89ZdoQ8Q

Pro-Israel group hacks Iran crypto exchange for more than $90M, firm says #bitcoin https://t.co/u2HOhsZAK8

⚡️ INSIGHT: Chase Herro and Zak Folkman went from losing $2.5 million in the Dough Finance hack to raising over $65 million for World Liberty Financial with the backing of the Trump family. https://t.co/yTcoKG8rJ1

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Great Request Show: Valereum Zak Mir takes a charting look at technology solutions provider Valereum (#VLRM), following Friday’s news that it has entered into a MoU with Blubird Global Inc., a Delaware SaaS provider whose platform already administers more than $55 billion of tokenized assets. - Zaks Traders Cafe https://t.co/1RigstiAfr… @ValereumPLC #VLRM @S5Peter @blubird_app

While @AnthropicAI and @DarioAmodei warn that AI could eliminate half of white-collar jobs, new economies can be built from creative production. Read more in @JulesUrbach's "Life After Automation" (2017) about the future of @rendernetwork - https://t.co/eXV3ZAkYjU And flex your creative muscles with new AI Generation tools today at https://t.co/UOJGgOyJU3!

Changpeng Zhao denies The Wall Street Journal's allegations that he facilitated meetings between WLF and Pakistani officials.

The WSJ published a smear campaign, not a news story. Our Co-Founder @zakfolkman set the record straight: "The Wall Street Journal just published an article so full of fiction, misdirection, and political spin it could’ve been labeled opinion—if it weren’t masquerading as journalism. It’s a coordinated attempt to discredit honest entrepreneurship with false narratives and lazy innuendo. So here are the facts—directly from me. World Liberty Financial (WLFI) was founded months before President Trump was reelected. Ambassador Steve Witkoff, who has served this country with distinction, is in the process of fully divesting from WLFI. He has no operational role, no financial interest in WLFI deals, and no influence on day-to-day decisions. The Wall Street Journal knows this—but chose to ignore it. We traveled to Pakistan to explore opportunities with my personal friend, Bilal bin Saqib. That relationship predates any “Pakistan Crypto Council” or the broader crypto headlines the WSJ is now trying to sensationalize. CZ did not introduce us and Bilal and I have known each other for much longer than CZ has. The suggestion that CZ acted as a “facilitator" or "fixer” for Zach Witkoff or WLFI is not only false—it’s laughable. WLFI never discussed government business in Pakistan—or anywhere else. We’ve never coordinated with the U.S. government. We’re a private company having private-sector conversations. Trying to draw a connection between our independent efforts and unrelated U.S. foreign policy talks is deliberately misleading. Let’s clear up just a few of the more bizarre claims and implied associations—there are too many to unpack them all, but here are some highlights: • The idea that WLFI token sales allow undisclosed foreign influence is false. Every token sale is filed under Reg D and Reg S. We conduct full KYC on every purchaser. • Gentry Beach has no involvement with WLFI—zero. • No one at WLFI has claimed any of our deals “could aid U.S. expansion plans” for our partners. That quote is fiction. • And the claim that Zach Witkoff referred to President Trump as his “godfather” is absurd on its face. He’s Jewish. He doesn’t have godparents and would never say anything like that. The WSJ didn’t just miss the mark—they weren’t even aiming at the truth. This piece is a case study in why people don’t trust the media anymore. It’s not about facts—it’s about fueling a political agenda, attacking innovators, and punishing anyone building something that challenges the status quo. WLFI will keep building, because the future of finance deserves transparency, fairness, and truth. The media may be comfortable printing fiction—but we’ll keep working in reality. — Zak Folkman Co-Founder, World Liberty Financial"