Professional fighters competing at the White House on Saturday night didn’t just walk away with bruises. They walked away with stablecoins.
World Liberty Financial, the DeFi project tied to Donald Trump and his family, sponsored the UFC Freedom 250 event with a $250,000 Performance of the Night bonus pool paid entirely in its USD1 stablecoin. The contest took place on the South Lawn of the White House on June 14, timed to coincide with both US Flag Day and Trump’s birthday.
The payouts
WLFI wasn’t the only crypto player writing checks. Crypto.com separately funded a $1 million bonus pool in its CRO token for the same event, bringing the combined crypto-denominated bonus total to $1.25 million for a single night of fights.
Individual Performance of the Night awards reached $425,000 per fighter. Fight-night bonuses across the card hit as high as $1.65 million total, making UFC Freedom 250 one of the largest single-event bonus pools in UFC history.
