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Chase Herro‍‍‌‌​‌‌‌‌‍‌‍‍‍‌‌​​‌​​​‍‍

World Liberty Financial co-founder; Axiom Management Group co-owner
Tracked World Liberty Financial co-founder; Axiom Management Group co-owner · 18 documented connections
// Editorial summary — AI-generated from public records

Serial entrepreneur and self-described 'dirtbag of the internet' who co-founded World Liberty Financial, the Trump family's DeFi cryptocurrency venture. Through Axiom Management Group, receives a net 12.5% cut of WLF revenue. Previously founded defunct Pacer Capital and co-built Dough Finance (hacked for $2.1M). Has documented criminal history including prison time for drug charges.

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Connections mapped18
Sources cited21
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→ Entity #917
business_partner
Longtime business partner since ~2013. Co-founded Nexus Group, The Watchers, Subify, Dough Finance, Axiom Management Group, and World Liberty Financial together. Both based in Puerto Rico.
→ Entity #9126
co-owner
Co-owner with Folkman of Puerto Rico LLC that receives 25% of WLF net protocol revenue. Allocated 50% of revenue rights to WC Digital Fi LLC (Witkoff affiliate), netting 12.5%.
→ Entity #9122
business_association
Business partner through World Liberty Financial. Connected via Steve Witkoff ~9 months before September 2024 launch. Trump DT Marks DEFI LLC receives 75% of WLF net protocol revenue.
→ Entity #9123
business_association
World Liberty Financial management. Trump Jr. publicly endorsed Herro, claiming he and Folkman would 'smoke the people in the room' at Goldman Sachs.
→ Entity #9124
business_association
Actively involved in World Liberty Financial management and promotion alongside Herro.
→ Entity #9125
intermediary
NY real estate developer and Trump friend ($2M to pro-Trump PAC) who introduced Herro and Folkman to Trump family. Witkoff WC Digital Fi LLC receives 50% of Axiom Management Group WLF revenue allocation.
→ Entity #919
co-founder
Co-founder of World Liberty Financial. Son of Steve Witkoff. President and chairman of World Liberty Trust (banking licence applicant, January 2026).
→ Entity #943
co-founder
Co-founder of World Liberty Financial. Son of Steve Witkoff.
Facts (46)
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Raw Filing Records (39) — unsourced metadata
Pending Review Bloomberg profiled Herro background as including ventures in 'weed‍‍‌‌​‌‌‌‌‍‌‍‍‍‌‌​​‌​​​‍‍, weight-loss colon cleanses, a $149-a-month get-rich-quick class.'
Added: 15 Apr 2026
Pending Review In January 2026, World Liberty Trust (owned by WLF, with Zach Witko‍‍‌‌​‌‌‌‌‍‌‍‍‍‌‌​​‌​​​‍‍ff as president) applied for a national banking licence in the U.S.
Added: 15 Apr 2026
Pending Review U.S. House Financial Services Committee Democrats highlighted World Liberty Financial and Herro during 'Anti-Crypto Cor‍‍‌‌​‌‌‌‌‍‌‍‍‍‌‌​​‌​​​‍‍ruption Week' in July 2025, describing the venture as blurring 'the line between presidential power and private profit.'
Added: 15 Apr 2026
Pending Review Herro and Folkman have formed at least 17 companies together or separately, gravitating to U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico — both tax havens.
Added: 15 Apr 2026
Pending Review Court records show Herro owns a 34-foot boat called 'Clickbait.'
Added: 15 Apr 2026
Pending Review In a now-deleted 2018 YouTube video filmed while driving a Rolls-Royce, Herro made statements about the crypto industry. He frequently showcased luxury cars and private jets on social media.
Added: 15 Apr 2026
Pending Review Cornell economics professor Eswar Prasad stated Herro and Folkman did not appear to have the technical or financial savvy to make WLF work. Former SEC official John Reed Stark called the project 'a bunch of nonsense, and a terrible opportunity for investors.'
Added: 15 Apr 2026
Pending Review As of April 2026, Herro continues to be listed among those maintaining daily operations of World Liberty Financial alongside Folkman, Alex Witkoff, and Zach Witkoff.
Added: 15 Apr 2026
Pending Review Shortly after the UAE investment in WLF, the Trump administration approved a plan to provide hundreds of thousands of advanced computer chips to a UAE company controlled by Tahnoun bin Zayed Al Nahyan, despite national security concerns. Legal experts described the deal as a potential emoluments clause violation.
Added: 15 Apr 2026
Pending Review The UAE Abu Dhabi royal family (via MGX, led by Tahnoun bin Zayed Al Nahyan) purchased $2 billion of USD1 stablecoins and secretly acquired a 49% stake in World Liberty Financial for ~$500 million prior to Trump second inauguration.
Added: 15 Apr 2026
Pending Review In January 2025, the Trump family consolidated control of World Liberty Financial through WLF Holdco LLC (60% owned by DT Marks DEFI LLC), replacing Herro and Folkman as sole directors and members.
Added: 15 Apr 2026
Pending Review Despite removal as controlling party, Herro remains operationally involved in World Liberty Financial through Axiom Management Group revenue share and continued operational role.
Added: 15 Apr 2026
Pending Review World Liberty Financial sold over $550 million worth of WLFI tokens. Herro and Folkman collected at least $65 million; Trump family received approximately $400 million.
Added: 15 Apr 2026
Pending Review By December 2025, the Trump family had profited $1 billion on WLF proceeds while holding $3 billion worth of unsold tokens.
Added: 15 Apr 2026
Pending Review World Liberty Financial launched the USD1 stablecoin in March 2025, a dollar-pegged stablecoin backed by U.S. treasuries. USD1 reached $2 billion in circulation, primarily held by Binance.
Added: 15 Apr 2026
Pending Review Herro filed with the SEC on 30 October 2024 in connection with World Liberty Financial. (SEC EDGAR)
Added: 15 Apr 2026
Pending Review President Trump pardoned Changpeng Zhao (former Binance CEO convicted of AML compliance failures) in 2025, after Binance had helped enrich World Liberty Financial by holding USD1 stablecoins.
Added: 15 Apr 2026
Pending Review Herro and Folkman served as sole signers of World Liberty Financial Multi-Sig Wallet, giving them exclusive control over the project financial operations at launch.
Added: 15 Apr 2026
Pending Review Herro co-built Dough Finance, a DeFi lending protocol, with Folkman and developers Octavian Lojnita and Bogdan Purnavel. In July 2024, a flash loan attack resulted in loss of approximately $2.1 million. Platform now inactive.
Added: 15 Apr 2026
Pending Review Axiom Management Group allocated 50% of its WLF revenue rights to WC Digital Fi LLC (Steve Witkoff affiliate). This gives Herro and Folkman a net 12.5% cut of WLF revenue.
Added: 15 Apr 2026
Pending Review After the Dough Finance hack, the team recovered approximately 76.2 ETH (~$281,000). ~$180,000 distributed to select addresses. Many investors reported not receiving reimbursements despite a governance vote passing with 99.5% support for reimbursement.
Added: 15 Apr 2026
Pending Review Jonathan Lopez filed civil fraud lawsuit against Herro in U.S. District Court, S.D. Florida on 27 January 2025. Allegations: negligent misrepresentation, breach of fiduciary duty, fraud, violations of Florida Securities Act related to Dough Finance. ~$1M Ethereum at issue. Trial scheduled April 2026.
Added: 15 Apr 2026
Pending Review Lopez lawsuit accuses Herro of operating Dough Finance without proper SEC registration and characterises the platform as offering unregistered securities. Herro allegedly charged a 5% fee on deposits.
Added: 15 Apr 2026
Pending Review Dough Finance codebase and development team (Herro, Folkman, Lojnita, Purnavel) formed the technical backbone of World Liberty Financial. CoinDesk documented striking similarities between Dough Finance and early WLF user interfaces via now-deleted GitHub code.
Added: 15 Apr 2026
Pending Review Herro and Folkman were connected to the Trump family through Steve Witkoff approximately nine months before the September 2024 public announcement of World Liberty Financial.
Added: 15 Apr 2026
Pending Review World Liberty Financial was announced by Donald Trump and sons on a livestream in September 2024. Herro was listed as 'data and strategies lead' and Folkman as 'head of operations' in the whitepaper.
Added: 15 Apr 2026
Pending Review WLF 'Gold Paper' (October 2024) disclosed: DT Marks DEFI LLC (Trump family) receives 75% of net protocol revenue; Axiom Management Group (Herro/Folkman) receives 25%.
Added: 15 Apr 2026
Pending Review Herro and Folkman co-founded Subify in 2020, a Puerto Rico subscription platform marketed as censorship-free alternative to Patreon/OnlyFans. Client sued after website crashed on launch. Canceled in Puerto Rico registry by end of 2023.
Added: 15 Apr 2026
Pending Review In April 2022, Herro led a crypto seminar at Jordan Belfort's home (convicted fraudster, 'The Wolf of Wall Street'). Herro recommended TerraUSD as 'one of the coolest assets in history.' TerraUSD collapsed one month later, wiping out billions.
Added: 15 Apr 2026
Pending Review Herro founded Pacer Capital LLC, a crypto trading firm in the U.S. Virgin Islands, in 2014. Now defunct. Reuters filed FOIA request with SEC seeking tips/complaints related to Pacer Capital and Herro.
Added: 15 Apr 2026
Pending Review Herro co-founded the Nexus Group with Zachary Folkman in 2013, a social media advertising company in the U.S. Virgin Islands. Multiple lawsuits including American Express suit for $77,000 in unpaid bills. Now dissolved.
Added: 15 Apr 2026
Pending Review Herro claims to have made his first fortune in internet advertising and has acknowledged dealing marijuana as a young man. (Bloomberg News)
Added: 15 Apr 2026
Pending Review Herro and Folkman started 'The Watchers,' a Facebook page and YouTube channel (2,280 subscribers) dedicated to crypto information and entrepreneurial advice, beginning in 2015.
Added: 15 Apr 2026
Pending Review Herro and Folkman operated 'mastermind groups' — private networking clubs with steep entry fees — and sold online e-commerce courses.
Added: 15 Apr 2026
Pending Review Herro self-describes as a 'dirtbag of the internet' and has publicly stated he can 'sell anything to anyone.' (NYT/Bloomberg, October 2024)
Added: 15 Apr 2026
Pending Review Herro has a documented criminal history including prison time for drug-related charges, which he discussed publicly on Logan Paul's 'Impaulsive' podcast.
Added: 15 Apr 2026
Pending Review Reuters journalist Lawrence Delevingne filed a FOIA request with the SEC on 25 April 2025, seeking 'Tips, Complaints and Referrals (TCRs) related to Pacer Capital LLC and its manager Chase T. Herro, who also goes by Chase Hero.'
Added: 15 Apr 2026
Pending Review Chase Herro's full legal name is Chase T. Herro; he also goes by the alias 'Chase Hero.' SEC FOIA request by Reuters confirmed this alias in April 2025.
Added: 15 Apr 2026
Pending Review Chase Herro filed filing with the SEC on 2025-07-03. Accession number: N/A.
Date: 2025-07-03 Added: 12 Apr 2026
All Connections (18)
→ Entity #917
business_partner confirmed
Longtime business partner since ~2013. Co-founded Nexus Group, The Watchers, Subify, Dough Finance, Axiom Management Group, and World Liberty Financial together. Both based in Puerto Rico.
→ Entity #9126
co-owner, co_owner primary
Co-owner with Folkman of Puerto Rico LLC that receives 25% of WLF net protocol revenue. Allocated 50% of revenue rights to WC Digital Fi LLC (Witkoff affiliate), netting 12.5%. · Herro is a co-owner of Axiom Management Group LLC alongside Zachary Folkman. He is also a co-founder of World Liberty Financial and Dough Finance, and was listed as an executive officer, director, and promoter on WLF's SEC Form D.
→ Entity #9122
business_association confirmed
Business partner through World Liberty Financial. Connected via Steve Witkoff ~9 months before September 2024 launch. Trump DT Marks DEFI LLC receives 75% of WLF net protocol revenue.
→ Entity #9123
business_association confirmed
World Liberty Financial management. Trump Jr. publicly endorsed Herro, claiming he and Folkman would 'smoke the people in the room' at Goldman Sachs.
→ Entity #9124
business_association confirmed
Actively involved in World Liberty Financial management and promotion alongside Herro.
→ Entity #9125
intermediary confirmed
NY real estate developer and Trump friend ($2M to pro-Trump PAC) who introduced Herro and Folkman to Trump family. Witkoff WC Digital Fi LLC receives 50% of Axiom Management Group WLF revenue allocation.
→ Entity #919
co-founder confirmed
Co-founder of World Liberty Financial. Son of Steve Witkoff. President and chairman of World Liberty Trust (banking licence applicant, January 2026).
→ Entity #943
co-founder confirmed
Co-founder of World Liberty Financial. Son of Steve Witkoff.
→ Entity #914
contractual_relationship confirmed
Trump family entity owning ~60% of WLF Holdco LLC. Receives 75% of WLF net protocol revenue. Herro WLF Inc. entered service agreement with DT Marks DEFI LLC for Trump brand alignment.
→ Entity #9127
co-founder confirmed
Co-built Dough Finance DeFi lending protocol with Folkman, Lojnita, and Purnavel. Hacked for ~$2.1M July 2024. Now inactive. Codebase and team formed technical foundation for World Liberty Financial.
→ Entity #9128
founder confirmed
Crypto trading firm founded by Herro in 2014 in USVI. Defunct. Reuters filed FOIA request with SEC in April 2025 re: Pacer Capital and Herro.
→ Entity #9129
co-founder confirmed
Social media advertising company co-founded with Folkman in 2013 in USVI. Multiple lawsuits. AmEx suit for $77K in unpaid bills. Dissolved.
→ Entity #9130
co-founder confirmed
Subscription platform co-founded with Folkman in 2020 in Puerto Rico. Censorship-free Patreon/OnlyFans alternative. Client lawsuits. Canceled 2023. Dissolved.
→ Entity #9131
professional_association confirmed
In April 2022 Herro led crypto seminar at Belfort home. Recommended TerraUSD as 'one of the coolest assets in history' — one month before its collapse wiped out billions.
→ Entity #37
co-founder confirmed
Previously listed as sole director and member before Trump family consolidation
← Entity #934
investor_relationship confirmed
Tron founder purchased at least $75M of WLFI tokens and was named WLF advisor. After Trump took office, SEC reportedly backed off investigation into Sun companies.
← Entity #391
regulatory_subject confirmed
Herro filed with SEC re: WLF (Oct 2024, Jul 2025). Reuters filed FOIA seeking complaints re: Pacer Capital and Herro. Dough Finance lawsuit alleges operation without SEC registration.
← Entity #9132
subject_of_scrutiny confirmed
Committee Democrats highlighted Herro WLF involvement during Anti-Crypto Corruption Week July 2025, citing conflicts of interest between presidential power and private profit.
Sources (21)
2026 UNVERIFIED Research: Chase Herro — Parliamentary records (no results) parliamentary_record Processed
2026 UNVERIFIED Research: Chase Herro — Court records (no results) court_document Processed
2026 UNVERIFIED Research: Chase Herro — Lobbying disclosures (no results) government_disclosure Processed
2024-10-16 ↗ DL News: The Trump boys, a campaign donor, and a dirtbag press_report Processed
2024-10-17 ↗ CNBC: Trump family gets 75% of crypto coin revenue press_report Processed
2024-10-26 ↗ World Economic Magazine: Trump Cryptocurrency Venture press_report Processed
2025-07-01 ↗ U.S. House Financial Services: Anti-Crypto Corruption Week government_record Processed
2025-01-27 ↗ Lopez v. Herro — S.D. Florida fraud lawsuit court_filing Processed
2025-02-01 ↗ The Block: Trump family controls 60%+ of WLF press_report Processed
2025-06-04 ↗ PoliScio: Dirtbag of the Internet Hits a Crypto Gusher press_report Processed
2025-05-20 ↗ CoinAlertNews: WLF Founders Accused of Abandoning Dough Finance press_report Processed
2025-09-13 ↗ CryptoNewsZ: Trumps Crypto Venture and Chase Herro press_report Processed
2025-10-01 ↗ Blofin: What is World Liberty Financial? press_report Processed
2026-03-01 ↗ Global Times: World Liberty Financial — Power, Profit, Political Risk press_report Processed
2026-04-11 ↗ Bitcoin News: Trump Crypto Ventures Ranked (Apr 2026) press_report Processed
2024-10-07 ↗ Raw Story: 17 companies in tax havens press_report Processed
2024-10-30 ↗ SEC EDGAR: Chase Herro filings (Oct 2024, Jul 2025) web_search Processed
2024-09-18 ↗ Protos: Who is behind World Liberty Financial? press_report Processed
2024-10-07 ↗ NYT: The Crypto Punks Behind Trumps Murky New Business Venture press_report Processed
2024-09-03 ↗ CoinDesk: Inside the Trump Crypto Project press_report Processed
2025-07-03 ↗ SEC EDGAR: filing — Chase Herro (2025-07-03) web_search Processed