{"id":21653,"date":"2026-02-09T22:38:24","date_gmt":"2026-02-09T22:38:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/world-liberty-crypto-deals-net-trump-witkoff-families-1-4b\/"},"modified":"2026-02-09T22:38:43","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T22:38:43","slug":"world-liberty-crypto-deals-net-trump-witkoff-families-1-4b","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/world-liberty-crypto-deals-net-trump-witkoff-families-1-4b\/","title":{"rendered":"World Liberty crypto deals net Trump, Witkoff families $1.4b"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"post-detail__content blocks\">\n<p class=\"is-style-lead\">World Liberty Financial (WLFI) has generated at least $1.4 billion for the Trump and Witkoff families since November 2024, far surpassing the cash generated by Donald Trump\u2019s real estate empire over an eight-year period. <\/p>\n<div id=\"cn-block-summary-block_3f396116340f3057fdd7204a20e693d1\" class=\"cn-block-summary\">\n<div class=\"cn-block-summary__nav tabs\">\n        <span class=\"tabs__item is-selected\">Summary<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n<div class=\"cn-block-summary__content\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>World Liberty Financial has generated at least $1.4 billion for the Trump and Witkoff families since late 2024.<\/li>\n<li>Most WLFI token proceeds flow to Trump-controlled entities.<\/li>\n<li>Related crypto ventures, including American Bitcoin, experienced dramatic post-listing declines<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- .cn-block-summary --><\/p>\n<p>According to the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/finance\/currencies\/trump-sons-crypto-billions-1e7f1414\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Wall Street Journal<\/a>, the Trump family received at least $1.2 billion in cash within roughly 16 months, along with an additional $2.25 billion in unrealized crypto gains. The Witkoff family earned at least $200 million over the same period.<\/p>\n<p>WLFI disclosures show that 75% of WLFI token sales flow to a Trump-controlled entity, with 12.5% each allocated to the Witkoffs and co-founders Zak Folkman and Chase Herro. President Trump owns 70% of the Trump entity, with the remainder held by family members. <\/p>\n<p>A major catalyst was a January 2025 deal in which Abu Dhabi-backed investors acquired 49% of World Liberty for $500 million, delivering $187 million upfront to Trump entities and $31 million to the Witkoffs.<\/p>\n<p>Eric Trump finalized the deal just before the 2025 inauguration, according to <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/02\/01\/us\/politics\/trump-crypto-uae-world-liberty.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">the New York Times<\/a>. It coincided with UAE efforts to secure U.S. artificial intelligence (AI) chips.<\/p>\n<p>The firm also generated liquidity through a controversial mechanism involving Alt5 Sigma, a Nasdaq-listed company in which World Liberty acquired a controlling stake. Alt5 raised $750 million from investors and used most of the proceeds to purchase WLFI tokens directly from World Liberty at a premium price. More than $500 million flowed to Trump entities and $90 million to Witkoffs through this structure. Following the transaction, Alt5 shares fell sharply and WLFI tokens declined.<\/p>\n<p>Separately, Eric Trump holds a significant stake in American Bitcoin, another crypto venture that saw its valuation surge and then collapse post-listing. The White House has denied conflicts of interest, stating the companies operate independently.<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- .cn-block-related-link --><\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>World Liberty Financial (WLFI) has generated at least $1.4 billion for the Trump and Witkoff families since November 2024, far surpassing the cash generated by Donald Trump\u2019s real estate empire&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4369,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21653","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cryptocurrency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21653","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21653"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21653\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21654,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21653\/revisions\/21654"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4369"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21653"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21653"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21653"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}