- President Donald Trump and his family’s net worth rose by nearly $6 billion after their Ethereum-based token, WLFI, began public trading.
- The Trump family holds 22.5 billion WLFI tokens, now valued at almost $6 billion, though these remain locked under an undetermined vesting schedule.
- WLFI debuted at just over $0.30 per token and gave its DeFi project, World Liberty Financial, a market valuation exceeding $26 billion—even though the platform has not launched yet.
- The tokens were initially sold to investors for $0.015 and $0.05 during fundraising, raising $500 million in total.
- Around 24.7 billion WLFI tokens are in circulation; team and Trump family holdings remain locked until a future date.
President Donald Trump and members of his family saw their net worths increase by almost $6 billion on Monday after trading opened for their Ethereum-based token, WLFI. The new trading opportunity began in minutes after the token, linked to their cryptocurrency platform World Liberty Financial, became available to the public.
The Trump family collectively owns 22.5 billion WLFI tokens, now valued near $6 billion at recent trading prices. These tokens remain locked and follow a vesting schedule that has not yet been announced. On its first trading day, WLFI’s price opened at just above $0.30 but decreased to around $0.26 at the time of reporting. Previously, the token sold to investors at $0.015 during the initial offering and $0.05 in a later round, which helped the project raise $500 million.
According to disclosures on the World Liberty Financial website, the 22.5 billion tokens are held by an entity linked to the president and certain family members. It is not specified exactly which family members are involved, but Eric Trump, Donald Trump Jr., and Barron Trump are listed as co-founders. A statement from World Liberty clarified that 33.5 billion tokens assigned to team members—including the Trump family—are not currently available for trading and are subject to a vesting schedule, which is still to be determined.
There are currently about 24.7 billion WLFI tokens in circulation out of a possible 100 billion. With the current price, the project’s overall valuation sits above $26 billion. World Liberty Financial is a decentralized finance (DeFi) initiative aiming to make crypto management easier for people who do not have technical expertise. Although it launched a stablecoin earlier in the year, the main platform has not yet opened.
Since returning to office, President Trump and his family have seen their fortunes grow through projects like World Liberty and related crypto ventures. The president has reported earnings of $57 million from World Liberty in 2024, with expectations of higher revenue for 2025.
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