A high-profile gathering staged at the Trump-owned Mar-a-Lago resort brought together crypto executives, Wall Street leaders, and U.S. regulators to discuss tokenization and funding strategies. World Liberty hosted the World Liberty Forum with attendees including Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong, Binance co-founder Changpeng Zhao, Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon, and the heads of Nasdaq and NYSE, highlighting a convergence of crypto and traditional finance. Zhao’s presence carried symbolic weight, given his earlier pardon announcement.
World Liberty announced a plan with securitization firm Securitize to tokenize loan proceeds for the planned Trump Maldives Resort, turning portions of the project’s debt into Real World Asset-backed securities tokens. The product targets accredited U.S. investors and will be accessible only through selected partners and wallets, signaling a strategic push to bridge real assets with blockchain finance. The Maldives project could become a litmus test for RWA-based securities tokens and the evolving policy environment.
The event featured regulatory and political voices, including CFTC Chair Mike Celik and Republican lawmakers Ashley Moody and Bernie Moreno, underscoring regulatory and political momentum around crypto and tokenized finance. Observers described the forum as a signal that crypto aims to work more closely with Wall Street while regulators weigh how such offerings should be structured, approved, and scaled.
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