World Liberty Financial's token deals netted hundreds of millions for Trump insiders while outside investors absorbed steep losses, CNBC reported.
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The Trump family has earned more than $500 million from token sales tied to World Liberty Financial, the crypto startup co-founded by Eric Trump and Donald Trump Jr., according to a CNBC report published June 2026.
In August 2025, publicly traded Alt5 Sigma bought roughly $1.5 billion worth of WLFI tokens from World Liberty Financial. Under the revenue-sharing structure WLF laid out in its 2024 token offering documents, 75% of token sale proceeds go to Trump family entities. After expenses, that meant about $500 million flowed directly to the family, CNBC reported.
Eric Trump and Donald Trump Jr. celebrated the deal at Nasdaq. Alt5 Sigma's shareholders had a different experience. The company's stock fell more than 90% after the acquisition. Alt5 Sigma has since rebranded as AI Financial Corp.
A separate deal in January 2025 saw a UAE-backed firm acquire a 49% stake in World Liberty Financial for $500 million. That transaction sent $187 million to Trump family entities at closing, distinct from the WLFI token sale proceeds, CNBC reported.
World Liberty Financial was co-founded in 2024 by Eric Trump and Donald Trump Jr. Donald Trump holds the title of Co-Founder Emeritus and controls a significant portion of WLFI's token supply. The 75% revenue-sharing arrangement is baked into the founding documents, not negotiated deal by deal.
When Alt5 Sigma committed $1.5 billion to WLFI tokens, it activated a mechanism that transferred a large chunk of that capital directly to the Trump family. The company's shareholders absorbed the downside when the stock cratered more than 90%.
The pattern across both deals is consistent. Capital flows in from outside buyers. A predetermined percentage routes immediately to the Trump family. The acquiring entity absorbs whatever market risk follows.
A foreign sovereign-adjacent entity acquiring a nearly 50% stake in a company co-founded by the sons of a sitting U.S. president, with $187 million flowing to family entities at closing, raises questions about conflicts of interest, CNBC noted.
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