Technically, it’s Trump’s sons Eric and Donald Jr., along with the confusing designation of 18-year-old Barron Trump as “chief DeFi visionary,” who are leading the effort. Behind the scenes, Chase Herro — a figure with a controversial past and history The founder of Dough Finance, a shady hacking group, appears to be the project’s true architect. The white paper, seen by CoinDesk, shows that early iterations copied the codebase of Dough Finance, which lost $1.8 million in a lightning attack in July. Technical development is reportedly being outsourced entirely to third parties, further increasing the risk of hacks like those the FBI says are being carried out by North Korea.
