Trump Crypto Project Website Crashes as Its Tokens Go on Sale
World Liberty Financial, a crypto project promoted by Donald Trump and his sons, experienced technology issues as it began selling tokens on Tuesday.
The token went live this morning to accredited investors on the World Liberty Financial website, which experienced numerous outages. As of 1:48 p.m. New York time, more than 500 million of the Ethereum-based tokens were sold for 1.5 cents each, according to the site.
World Liberty Financial planned to raise $300 million at a $1.5 billion valuation through the initial token sale on Tuesday. On September 30, the project began accepting names for its approved list of accredited investors, which are individuals who meet certain income or professional criteria such having a net worth in…