Trump Family’s Paper Wealth Swells By $6B On WLFI Trading Debut: WSJ

The Trump family’s paper fortune surged by as much as $6b on Monday after their flagship crypto venture, World Liberty Financial , began trading its token WLFI on major exchanges. WLFI’s debut resembled a public listing, opening the door for open-market trading. Previously, holders who purchased the token in private sales had no way to trade or liquidate their ￰1￱ volumes surged on Binance and other exchanges, with about $1b worth of tokens changing hands in the first hour, according to ￰2￱ fluctuated between 24 cents and 30 cents, in line with futures trading that preceded the debut. ￰0￱ At the higher end of that range, the Trump family’s stake was valued at more than $6b, making WLFI their single most valuable asset, the Wall Street Journal reported ￰3￱ Family Holds Nearly One-Quarter Of WLFI Supply The family, including President Trump, holds just under a quarter of all tokens.

However, founders and insiders are not yet able to ￰4￱ Liberty has said those holdings remain ￰5￱ so, the debut established a market price for assets that were previously valued only through private transactions. WLFI’s price later retreated , falling 16% to $0.23 by early Tuesday ￰6￱ so, the launch cemented World Liberty’s position as the centerpiece of the Trump family’s fast-growing crypto ￰7￱ venture was created last year while Trump was ￰8￱ presented it as part of a broader push to extend his campaign slogan into the world of ￰9￱ three sons are co-founders, while the president is listed as “co-founder emeritus.” Since then, World Liberty has also issued a stablecoin and positioned itself as a platform for retail investors to access decentralized ￰10￱ Investors See 15x Gains But Face Selling Limits The debut delivered a windfall for early ￰11￱ who bought WLFI at the presale price of 1.5 cents a token saw their holdings trade at over 15 times that value.

However, they are allowed to sell only up to 20% of their tokens at this ￰12￱ Liberty’s rise was fueled by aggressive financial ￰13￱ the summer, it took control of a publicly listed firm and raised $750m in cash from investors to buy its own ￰14￱ other crypto assets has expanded the family’s ￰15￱ example, Trump-related entities control about 8% of $TRUMP, a memecoin worth several billion ￰16￱ addition, a Trump-owned trust holds just over half of Trump Media, a listed company valued at roughly $2.5b. The family’s pivot into crypto has eclipsed their traditional real estate portfolio in paper ￰17￱ they continue to pursue property deals globally, digital tokens have quickly become their most lucrative ￰18￱ the wealth remains ￰19￱ caution that cashing out could prove difficult, as even modest selling pressure risks dragging down prices in illiquid ￰20￱ trading debut also drew scrutiny from ￰21￱ lawmakers and ethics experts argue that Trump’s deep involvement in crypto, while simultaneously reshaping regulation from the White House, presents significant conflicts of interest.