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On July 8, several notable moments in the history of News stand out. In 1776, Church bells (possibly including the Liberty Bell) are rung after John Nixon delivers the first public reading of the Declaration of Independence of the United States. In 1838, Eli Lilly, American soldier, chemist, and businessman, founded Eli Lilly and Company (died 1898) was born. In 1864, Ikedaya Incident: The Choshu Han shishi's planned Shinsengumi sabotage on Kyoto, Japan at Ikedaya. In 1892, St. John's, Newfoundland is devastated in the Great Fire of 1892. In 1917, J. F. Powers, American novelist and short story writer (died 1999) was born. In 1925, Arthur Imperatore Sr., Italian-American businessman (died 2020) was born. In 1935, Vitaly Sevastyanov, Russian engineer and cosmonaut (died 2010) was born. In 1982, A failed assassination attempt against Iraqi president Saddam Hussein results in the Dujail Massacre over the next several months. In 2008, John Templeton, American-born British businessman and philanthropist (born 1912) passed away. In 2014, Ben Pangelinan, Guamanian businessman and politician (born 1956) passed away. Together, these milestones provide historical context for today's news news and ongoing narratives.

Investor funds set ablaze as Trump-backed venture collapses spectacularly: report

Raw Story

July 8, 2026

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Investor funds set ablaze as Trump-backed venture collapses spectacularly: report

A Donald Trump family crypto venture is collapsing into a fire sale —and taking investor money down with it, according to an exclusive new report from the Wall Street Journal. A year after the Trump's World Liberty Financial bought control of a small payments company, AI Financial is now in talks to sell its core business for a pittance: reportedly 15 million, the Journal reported Wednesday.The deal has been a money loser for almost everyone except the Trumps, wrote reporter Angus Berwick.The deal represents a catastrophic failure for everyone involved except the Trumps, who have already extracted over half a billion dollars from the scheme, according to the report.The potential sale would mark an abrupt reversal for a company that the Trump venture World Liberty Financial had promoted as key to its plans to turn into a serious industry contender, wrote Berwick, harnessing dollar-based stablecoins to grow an international-payment business.Investors who poured money into AI Financial have seen their shares plummet over 90 percent, reducing the company's market value to just 80 million, the Journal reported. Meanwhile, President Trump disclosed last week that he personally earned over 1.4 billion during 2025 from his various crypto ventures leading to an avalanche of complaints from Democrats that he was profiting from the presidency, Berwick wrote. World Liberty acquired a majority stake in the Nasdaq-listed company (formerly Alt5 Sigma) by paying with its own cryptocurrency, WLFI. AI Financial then raised an additional 750 million from outside investors specifically to buy more of World Liberty's digital tokens, the Journal noted.Problems arose when the Trump cryptocurrency lost 70 percent of its value since the deal, leaving AI Financial saddled with a worthless digital asset that's partly locked up and can't be sold, according to the report.According to the Journal, AI Financial’s woes were set against the Trumps’ gain. The Trump family are entitled to 75 percent of the proceeds from World Liberty’s sale of WLFI tokens, meaning AI Financial’s purchase handed them about 540 million in cash. President Trump’s disclosure identified income of 527 million from WLFI token sales, though the form didn’t specify which sales these proceeds corresponded to.

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