Trump’s World Liberty Financial Buys 200M WLFI Tokens
A newly created multi-signature pockets linked to Trump’s World Liberty Monetary has bought 200 million WLFI tokens after withdrawing $10 million USDC from Binance.
The transaction which befell on early Feb. 18 was reported by on-chain analytics platform On-Chain Lens. The acquisition provides to the continuing exercise round WLFI, a controversial crypto venture with robust political ties to the Trump household.
In line with BitMart Analysis’s newest report, WLFI has raised $455 million by way of token gross sales as of February 9, 2025. The venture raised $319 million from the primary public sale of 21.3 billion WLFI tokens at a value of $0.015 every, and one other $136 million from a second spherical of gross sales at a value of $0.05 per token.
Regardless of presenting itself as a DeFi lending platform, WLFI has not but launched any DeFi companies, therefore there isn’t a clear utility for its tokens. The venture’s purpose appears to be centered on increase its $327 million value of on-chain and centralized alternate belongings as an alternative.
WLFI’s intimate ties to the Trump household have introduced consideration to its asset choice. Market observers see the token, like different Trump-affiliated tokens, as a element of a bigger plan to revenue from Trump’s political energy. Notably, the Trump household controls 75% of the token gross sales income.
Justin Solar, the founding father of TRON (TRX), has additionally developed robust ties with the venture and is now WLFI’s largest institutional investor, having contributed $75 million. The venture has allotted $63.41 million to Solar-related belongings like TRX and Wrapped Bitcoin (WBTC).
In line with the report, WLFI had $47.49 million in stablecoins (previous to the acquisition) and has moved $307.4 million into Coinbase Prime for safekeeping. Along with boosting its publicity to Actual-World Belongings and DeFi protocols, the venture’s funding technique makes it obvious that it’s targeted on rising its core asset holdings, particularly Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH).
