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How to Improve Poverty through 'Wool Gathering'

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When I entered the circle, I only had 20 wallets

At that time, I seriously calculated that if I had 100 wallets and persistently gathered wool every day, could I escape poverty?

When I first entered the circle, I bought coins relying on exchange promotions and gathered wool based on hot rankings; Excel was my only asset management system.

I once seriously planned a 'Wool Gathering Poverty Alleviation Roadmap'.

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Starting Phase: Cold Start Wallet × Manual Deployment

I even named my wallets: Prosperity No. 1, Prosperity No. 2, Prosperity No. 3...

Daily tasks: complete social tasks, participate in Zealy, gather on testnets, check in.
Zeus, Fuel, Linea, Zora, and many other galaxy tasks, whichever is hot, gather from that.

At that time, my biggest dream was to have a fully automated script that could gather wool 24 hours a day.

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Hotspot Identification: What can be gathered?

I learned three terms: interaction threshold, capital efficiency, potential returns.

For example, Wormhole: cross-chain + blood-sucking + high valuation → can gather wool
For example, Omni: has L3 + Coinbase endorsement + Galxe tasks → can gather wool
For example, Linea: you completed it but it didn't acknowledge → ... forget it, next

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How to improve unit efficiency?

It’s about turning wool gathering into playing with memes, making friends, nurturing accounts, and even creating content.

If one account can’t move, use content to create opportunities; if a project has no chance, bounce around in communities/WeChat groups, become 'the most active person'.

Many people passively gather wool, but I learned 'performative wool gathering' — gather for the project, gather for peers, gather for myself.

Don't say it, it really works.

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Revelation: Wool Gathering is Cultivation

Eventually, I gradually understood that gathering wool is not about seeking wealth, but about cultivating one's spirit.

It taught me that not every check-in has a reward, not every interaction earns points, but if you always think about giving up, you'll never get that one chance to 'be seen by the project'.

Look at those who truly receive airdrops, which one is not both like a farmer, like an actor, and like a patient gambler?

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Author: Ice Cream War God | A street player who is infinitely improving

I just stumbled upon something pretty interesting while flipping through this data.

Plasma's TVL shot up by 13.79% over the past week, but the token XPL took a hit, dropping 5% in the same timeframe.

According to DefiLlama data, Plasma's TVL is currently $633.29M, with a 7-day increase of +13.79%, making it one of the strongest performing chains lately.

However, the XPL token slid from $0.1119 all the way down to a low of $0.0922, and it has a staggering 30-day decline of -26.73%.

What’s particularly interesting is that Plasma's fundamentals are actually very strong:

On April 15, Plasma One officially opened up for large-scale use, and just days later, Stables_money users fully migrated to Plasma One.

Recently, Stripe Sessions announced that their Bridge (Stripe's stablecoin division) now supports the Plasma chain, allowing stablecoin transfers on Tempo, Plasma, Celo, and Sui.

So, Plasma is becoming the underlying layer for stablecoin payments, catering to institutional clients like Stripe, Whop, Veda, and Aave.

But why is the TVL rising while the token price is dropping?

My personal guess is that the incoming TVL is from USDT/USDC, which doesn’t necessarily require buying XPL.

If the gas fees on the Plasma chain can be paid in stablecoins (rather than being required to use XPL), then the growth in TVL and token demand could be decoupled.

This also implies that the market's demand for XPL hasn't increased with the rise in TVL.

So the current situation is that Plasma's fundamentals (Stripe + Whop + Visa) are very strong, but the token price is seriously out of sync.

Either the token is undervalued, or the increase in TVL has nothing to do with token holders.

We've seen similar situations on chains like Arb and Optimism, where there's high on-chain activity, but the demand for the native token isn’t necessarily strong.

According to DefiLlama data, the total market cap of stablecoins has reached $322.29B, with USDT at $189.74B and USDC at $76.86B, making up nearly $270B just from these two.

Interestingly, WLFI's USD1 has skyrocketed to the fifth spot in stablecoin market cap, valued at $4.45B, with a one-month gain of +8.82%.

This stablecoin, backed by the Trump family, has surpassed Ethena USDe (sixth, $4.02B) and PayPal USD (seventh, $3.45B) in just a few months, now ranking as the fifth largest stablecoin, trailing only USDT, USDC, USDS, and DAI.

The rapid rise of USD1 to fifth place reflects a broader trend of accelerating entry from TradFi, and Forbes highlighted today that traditional finance is quickly embracing cryptocurrency.

It's worth noting that the last time the stablecoin market cap was this high, BTC was trading above $90K.

At 7:50 PM Beijing time tonight, Trump landed at Beijing Capital International Airport. Reporters caught him getting on the Secret Service vehicle alongside Musk and Huang Renxun, as well as WLFI co-founder Eric Trump.

This timing is pretty subtle, considering just a few days ago at the Miami Consensus Conference, Trump Jr. publicly denied the rumors that the 'Trump family is abandoning WLFI.'

According to CoinDesk, Trump Jr. directly responded on stage: 'Just because they say it, doesn’t mean it’s true. These narratives are manufactured, pushed by a bot matrix.'

He also added that previous online rumors suggesting Don and Eric had already ditched the project were just because the official website underwent a brief design change, and the team page went offline temporarily, which was misconstrued as 'they're trying to bail.'

So now, with Eric Trump accompanying Trump on this visit to China, it’s somewhat a way to show through actions that the WLFI team hasn’t abandoned the project.

Today, a lot of folks are buzzing about USD1 launching on Tempo.

I noticed a key detail: USD1 is natively issued on Tempo using the TIP-20 standard.

This native aspect is crucial.

Other stablecoins on Tempo are wrapped through bridging.
Bridging adds an extra layer of risk, cost, and delay.
But USD1 operates natively on Tempo without any bridging.

What this means is:
- Higher liquidity (no waiting for bridging confirmations)
- Enhanced security (no bridging, no bridging risks)
- Faster efficiency (no cross-chain transfers needed)

Plus, USD1 integrates Chainlink CCIP, which is currently one of the safest cross-chain solutions available.

With CCIP, USD1 can securely transfer across different chains without worrying about bridging hacks or stolen funds.

As the Tempo ecosystem expands, so will the influence of USD1.

Due to Claude's lockdown mechanism, most folks are still leaning towards intermediary stations.

But some of these stops are just a front, running shell models; to access the full-powered models, you’ll have to pay a premium.

Take Claude Opus 4.7, for example—the official price is $5 per million input tokens and $25 per million output tokens. Bigger intermediaries like OpenRouter are priced the same as official rates, while Sun's BAI is even 10% more expensive, hitting $5.5/$27.5.

Since I’ve been holding USD1, I've noticed that the WLFI ecosystem's WorldRouter is also getting into the intermediary game, pricing at $3.5/$17.5, which is pretty solid—about 30% cheaper—and it's a full-powered model. Check it out: https://worldclaw.ai

It's very crypto-friendly, covering over 300 models, and with just one account holding USD1, all models are available to use right off the bat.

I did some digging, and WorldClaw isn’t just a cheap API intermediary; it's an Agent OS.

It’s an open operating system where all Agents coexist, collaborate, and trade.

Plus, it’s the only project on the market that boasts three dynamic features:
1/ Technical entry
WorldRouter serves as the computational backbone of Agent OS, 30% cheaper than the official price and 35-50% cheaper than BAI. It covers the entire lineup of full-powered models, including Claude, GPT, Gemini, and Qwen.

2/ WLFI native application
Default USD1 settlement + WLFI AgentPay SDK integration, which is currently the largest real application scenario in the WLFI ecosystem.

3/ Endorsement from the Trump family
DonaldJTrumpJr and EricTrump are publicly retweeting; the first batch of Max Plan users have a chance to snag a private dinner spot at Mar-a-Lago with Donald Trump Jr.

It's absolutely insane.

While other intermediaries are still running shell models, matching official prices, or even marking them up, WorldClaw has already kicked off the Agent economy's operating system with price advantages + full-powered models + USD1 native settlement + WLFI ecosystem + Trump family endorsement.

In other words, who would have thought that subscribing to an intermediary could lead to a chance to meet Trump?

It’s been two days since WLFI filed a lawsuit against Sun, and the situation has escalated from freezing tokens to a courtroom brawl.

According to public reports, WLFI officially filed a defamation lawsuit against Sun Yuchen on May 4 in Miami-Dade County, Florida.

Sun Yuchen has been one of the early key investors and advisors of WLFI, having invested tens of millions of dollars and acquired billions of WLFI tokens. During the early days when the relationship was good, there was quite a bit of public interaction between both parties.

However, the project team suddenly noticed some strange occurrences.

According to WLFI, Sun is suspected of violating sales terms, including unauthorized token transfers and proxy purchases.

In this situation, the project team activated the freezing mechanism in their contract, freezing the related tokens and governance rights, effectively enforcing existing rules instead of suddenly backstabbing.

This point is actually crucial.
Because Sun has been trying to steer the narrative towards suggesting that the project team is engaging in backdoor dealings and illegal asset control.

But WLFI's position is clear: the freezing authority was already in the terms and had been clearly stated, not something added in retrospect.

The focus of WLFI's counterclaim is not just about Sun suing them.

Rather, it revolves around Sun launching a very obvious public pressure campaign after the tokens were frozen.

This includes continuous posts on X, describing WLFI as operating with a backdoor, centralized control, and even having fraudulent elements.

WLFI further accuses Sun's side of collaborating with influencers and bot accounts to amplify these claims, causing actual damage to the project's reputation and business partnerships.

At the same time, WLFI also claims in the lawsuit that while Sun publicly hyped WLFI, he was simultaneously accused of shorting the project, applying pressure, and conducting unauthorized transfers.

If this point is confirmed in court later, this drama will become even uglier.

Ultimately, this situation has escalated beyond just a typical investment dispute.

The final outcome will still depend on legal rulings.

WLFI has initiated a governance proposal, the team intends to destroy 10% of the tokens, and the remaining will be locked for 5 years.

The proposal involves approximately 6.23 billion locked tokens, and holders who do not actively accept the new plan will have their tokens indefinitely locked.

The core signal of this proposal is: the team is binding itself with the strictest terms, including mandatory destruction of 10%, and the remaining portion locked for 5 years.

Early supporters have relatively lenient conditions, locking for 4 years without destruction.

Looking back over the past year, the WLFI ecosystem has accomplished a lot.

USD1 stablecoin, application for a national trust bank license, Chainlink reserve proof, lending market, Agent payment SDK, multi-chain deployment, CEX collaboration.

Now the team wants to use token destruction and long-term locking to prove their commitment, which is a rare self-restraint in today's crypto projects.

The bear market is indeed full of surprises, WLFI and Sun Ge directly clashed loudly

The story goes back to last year

In November 2024, Sun Yuchen invested 30 million dollars in the DeFi project WLFI, endorsed by the Trump family, becoming the largest investor

In January 2025, he added another 45 million dollars, totaling 75 million dollars, and was appointed as a project advisor

At that time, both parties were in a honeymoon period, with Sun Yuchen helping promote the USD1 stablecoin, integrating the TRON ecosystem, and WLFI completing a token sale of approximately 590 million dollars thanks to his funding and traffic

The turning point came in September 2025

The WLFI token was unlocked and listed, and as an early investor, Sun Yuchen could unlock 20% of his position, receiving about 600 million WLFI (which had a floating profit of over 100 million dollars at the time). He publicly stated that he had no plans to sell

However, on September 4th, Sun Yuchen's associated wallet transferred out about 50 million WLFI (worth about 9 million dollars) to exchanges like HTX

The project team immediately blacklisted that wallet and froze a large amount of his tokens via smart contract, with a total value exceeding 100 million dollars (approximately 595 million tokens)

Sun Yuchen said it was a small test and address diversification operation, not a dump, but logically this doesn’t make sense. If it was just a test, it could have been done before the listing

As the project advisor and largest investor, such operations during the sensitive period of the listing, regardless of motivation, objectively send negative signals to the market

Facts have proven this to be true, on-chain data shows that after the transfer, WLFI plummeted upon listing, dropping over 13% on the first day, triggering 21 million dollars in liquidations

As of now (April 2026), Sun Yuchen's wallet is still frozen, and he claims to have a floating loss of over 70-80 million dollars

The price of WLFI tokens has dropped over 74% from the listing peak, currently around 0.08 dollars

Then on April 12th, both sides completely tore their faces on X:

Sun Yuchen posted four major accusations: unreasonable charges, hidden backdoors in smart contracts, illegal freezing of funds, and opaque manipulation of governance votes. He demanded that the behind-the-scenes person stand up in real name, claiming WLFI treats the community as a private ATM

Subsequently, WLFI's official response was to directly point out that Sun Yuchen was playing the victim card to cover up his own misconduct, stating that they have contracts, evidence, and the truth, and will see them in court

The final result still depends on the legal evidence

I created a USD1 data dashboard using Surf's Studio

Compared to traditional VibeCoding, Surf's Studio has eliminated many API call processes, essentially lowering the threshold for VibeCoding even further.

Features include:
- Price and peg stability
- Fund flow and net inflow analysis
- Historical peg deviation and de-pegging analysis
- Multi-chain on-chain activities
- Reserve transparency
- Social sentiment analysis
- Competitive analysis
- Risk warning center

https://usd1-pulse-health-dashboard-46d34d.surf.computer/

WLFI co-founder and COO zakfolkman accepted an interview with jiayi, discussing the future of USD1 and stablecoins.

Several core viewpoints:

On market changes:
Last year everyone was talking about RWA, but this year in Hong Kong, everyone is talking about AI and stablecoins. USD1 has just surpassed a market value of 5 billion USD and is heading towards 5.5 billion.

He believes stablecoins will become the currency for transactions between AI agents, which is an obvious trend.

On cryptocurrency adoption:
The reason for the slow adoption of cryptocurrency is that most people do not want to become Crypto Native—they do not want to learn about mnemonic phrases, signing transactions, and Gas fees.

So the key is to integrate technology into their existing lifestyles, rather than making them adapt to cryptocurrency.

On community:
USD1 may be the only stablecoin with strong community support. No one feels excited about USDT or USDC, but USD1 is different.

For example: Sahara AI raised 70 million USD during its IEO, with 55 million coming from USD1.

On bear market strategies:
Most projects will cut budgets in a bear market, but they do the opposite—they double down on what works.

The market has cycles, but continuous development is key.

On dollar upgrades:
He made an interesting point: the technology of mobile phones has evolved rapidly over the years, but the US dollar hasn't been upgraded in 100 years; it’s still just paper or digital numbers in a bank account.

Stablecoins are an upgraded version of digital dollars: programmable, instant settlement, globally circulated, with almost zero fees.

He gives an example: a friend pays a supplier in Germany from Australia, needing to wait 48 hours and pay bank fees, intermediary fees, and foreign exchange conversion fees.

However, transferring USD1 on the BNB Chain arrives instantly with zero fees.

On the future:
They are developing consumer-level applications similar to Cash App, allowing people to transfer money to friends using USD1 and make payments, with plans to integrate AI platforms for agent payments.

Finally, he also said:

Do not be swayed by market emotions; focus on building and long-term goals. In 10, 20, 30 years, these technologies will be integrated into daily life, and no one will find it strange.

The first USD1 vault launched on Morpho, deployed on the Monad network

The entire vault is planned by Steakhouse, with Reservoir providing collateral management, allowing users to borrow USD1 and use various assets as collateral to earn returns.

The net annual percentage yield (Net APY) is approximately 13%.

The operation is also very simple; just cross-chain USD1 to Monad through LayerZero and then deposit it into the vault.

This is another application scenario under WLFI's LibertyVoir.

Chainbase recently officially launched its AI sector

A single interface covers real-time data from over 90 chains, allowing the AI agent to check balances, holdings, and NFTs with a simple call, without the hassle of complex RPCs.

In the past, if you wanted AI to help you analyze on-chain data, just integrating various data sources could take a long time. Now Chainbase has packaged these into standardized Agent Skills, and it also supports the MCP protocol, allowing AI tools like Claude and Cursor to connect and be used directly.

The $C token had a counter-trend surge on the 15th, and the market has started to price this narrative.

In the increasingly competitive AI agent space, merely running models isn't enough; whoever can provide AI with the most comprehensive on-chain data is the true infrastructure.

WLFI this move is too ruthless, directly revealing the USD1 reserve proof
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https://por.worldlibertyfinancial.com

Now the positions are even more secure, but unfortunately the subsidy strength has decreased now

Is everyone depositing now???

Bear markets stay away from all garbage projects

The token $WARD of wardenprotocol directly plummeted by 50%

Let's talk about the evils this project has committed:
- In the early stages, various misleading hints were given claiming to have raised 200 million
- During the airdrop registration required 3u, many group friends reported that the value of the airdrop was not even worth the 0.3u registration fee

Now it's no longer a show, let's smash this hard

Abandon the fantasy, projects with no money and no vision that only boast and tell stories will ultimately end up at zero

This market is not favorable for any coins, only stablecoins are effective.

Currently, 20% of my stablecoin allocation is in USD1.

If there are more incentives later, I will allocate more.

I just don't believe that a backing of this level can collapse!

Earn 40 million USD WLFI the right way

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By holding USD1 on Binance, you can automatically share in the 40 million USD WLFI airdrop, and contract users also enjoy a 1.2x weight bonus.

But——

Why USD1?

- It is a compliant stablecoin issued by World Liberty Financial, supported by the Trump family.

- Managed by the regulated US trust company BitGo Trust.

- Each token is backed by US Treasury bonds and money market funds as reserves.

Currently, it has reached a market capitalization of 4.75 billion USD, successfully surpassing PayPal's PYUSD, becoming an important player in the stablecoin market.

When $AIA was delisted before, many people FUD, and some spread rumors about the team.

Later, even when they announced it was an upgrade, there were still people who didn't believe it.

Today, Binance officially announced the re-listing; this should break the doubts, right?

I see many teachers making profits by going long.

As someone holding spot, I also got a taste of the benefits.

I have faith in the @DeAgentAI team; they are genuinely getting things done!

The oracle track of BNB Chain has never lacked players.

Seeing the announcement today of the BNB HODLer airdrop project APRO suddenly resonates.

Shifting the perspective to the participants makes it easier to see that it is following a validated path.

Aster's entire cycle has given us a demonstration: from internal naming to YZi packaging resources, then to Alpha's debut, perpetual listing, and spot trading, a whole set of actions flows smoothly as if rehearsed.

APRO belongs to the same system, the same supply chain, and the same way of doing things.

The oracle business itself greatly relies on the density of cooperation to prove its survival value, and the client base here at APRO is very solid: prediction markets, card games, e-commerce, AI task flows.

From the perspective of BNB Chain, APRO is already the most frequently mentioned oracle in the ecosystem, no other reason than its fast response and easy integration.

After the spot trading, there’s almost only one major player left that hasn’t made an appearance; Korean exchanges have always been quite lenient on oracle themes, and if the pace accelerates, it might draw another round of attention.