Economy February 23, 2026

Trump-linked USD1 Stablecoin Briefly Falls Below Par After Reported Attack, Then Recovers

World Liberty Financial says engineering and security teams repelled a coordinated attack; no smart contracts or wallets were compromised

By Derek Hwang
Trump-linked USD1 Stablecoin Briefly Falls Below Par After Reported Attack, Then Recovers

USD1, a stablecoin tied to the Trump family-backed World Liberty Financial, slipped to roughly $0.994 on Monday before regaining value and trading near $0.9994. World Liberty said its teams repelled a coordinated attack and that no smart contracts or wallets supporting USD1 or WLFI were hacked, though some co-founders' X accounts were accessed without authorization.

Key Points

  • USD1 briefly fell to around $0.994 on Monday before recovering and trading at about $0.9994.
  • World Liberty Financial said its engineering and security teams had "successfully repelled a coordinated attack" and that some co-founders' X accounts were accessed without authorization.
  • The company stated that "Zero smart contracts were affected" and that there was no hack of the digital contracts and wallets behind WLFI or USD1; it affirmed that USD1 funds remain fully backed.
  • USD1 is backed by U.S. dollar reserves and cash-like securities and is the fifth largest stablecoin by market capitalization per CoinGecko.com.

USD1, a crypto stablecoin issued by World Liberty Financial and associated with the Trump family, briefly traded below its $1 target on Monday, touching about $0.994 before recovering toward parity. The token was last quoted at $0.9994, which the issuer said was within its historical trading range.

A spokesman for World Liberty Financial said its engineering and security teams had "successfully repelled a coordinated attack." The firm, which it has said was co-founded in 2024 by President Donald Trump, his three sons and a group of partners, also reported that the X accounts of its co-founders were accessed without authorization. The company did not identify which accounts were affected.

World Liberty emphasized that the underlying digital infrastructure for WLFI and USD1 was not breached. In a post on X.com, the company stated:

"Zero smart contracts were affected. All USD1 funds remain completely safe, secure, and fully backed. Our infrastructure and team operated exactly as designed."

The statement drew a clear distinction between unauthorized access to social media accounts and any intrusion into the blockchain-based contracts and wallets that govern USD1. According to the post, there was no hack of the digital contracts and wallets behind WLFI or USD1.

Like other stablecoins, USD1 is backed by reserves of U.S. dollars and cash-like securities to keep its market price close to the $1 benchmark. Small deviations from the peg are typical; however, market participants closely watch abrupt moves even when they are modest in size. USD1 is the fifth largest stablecoin by market capitalization, according to CoinGecko.com.

The episode combined a short-lived market price move with issuer assurances that core smart contracts and custodial structures were intact. World Liberty's account access disclosure highlighted a social-media vector for reputational or operational disturbance, while the company maintained that the token's reserves and contract security were unaffected.


Contextual note: The information presented here is limited to the statements released by World Liberty Financial and publicly observable market prices for USD1. No additional claims or external data are included beyond those statements.

Risks

  • Price sensitivity - Even small deviations from the $1 peg can attract market scrutiny and short-term volatility in the stablecoin and broader crypto markets.
  • Account compromise - Unauthorized access to co-founders' X accounts poses reputational and communication risks, which can affect investor confidence in crypto issuers and related services.
  • Operational uncertainty - While World Liberty stated that smart contracts and wallets were not hacked, any future breach of infrastructure or reserves could impact payments and crypto market stability.

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