Trump fortune balloons by billions after family firm’s crypto token starts trading
World Liberty Financial’s digital token $WLFI fell in price on first day, a year after launch by Trump family and partnersThe Trump family’s cryptocurrency venture, World Liberty Financial, put its namesake digital tokens up for sale on Monday, adding some $5bn in paper value to Donald...
<p>World Liberty Financial’s digital token $WLFI fell in price on first day, a year after launch by Trump family and partners</p><p>The Trump family’s <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/cryptocurrencies">cryptocurrency</a> venture, World Liberty Financial, put its namesake digital tokens up for sale on Monday, adding some $5bn in paper value to <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/donaldtrump">Donald Trump</a>’s family fortune. The token, known as $WLFI, fell in value on Monday in their first day of trading.</p><p>The World Liberty tokens were sold to investors after the Trump family and its business partners last year launched the venture, a decentralized finance platform that has also issued a stablecoin, a cryptocurrency meant to maintain a specific price by tying its value to a specific asset.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/sep/02/trump-world-liberty-financial-cryptocurrency">Continue reading...</a>
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