Trump-Backed World Liberty Financial’s Purchases Trigger Strong Rally In These DeFi Tokens

World Liberty Financial, a cryptocurrency project backed by President-elect Donald Trump, continued to add momentum to the coins it was purchasing.

What happened: ONDO, a tokenization-themed cryptocurrency, zoomed over 11% to record-breaking highs, becoming the fourth-biggest market gainer over the last 24 hours.

The coin’s trading volume surged over 73% to $483 million, suggesting significant buying pressure.

ONDO serves as the governance token of Ondo Finance, a decentralized finance platform built atop Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH) that tokenizes real-world assets.

Cryptocurrency Gains +/- Price (Recorded at 9:00 p.m. EDT)
Ondo (CRYPTO: ONDO) +11.81% $2.08
Ethena (CRYPTO: ENA) +8.25% $1.28

Another Ethereum-based coin, ENA, lifted to an eight-month high following an 8% increase in the last 24 hours. 

ENA is the native token of Ethena, a protocol that offers a so-called synthetic dollar for DeFi uses.

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