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The most magical crypto story in the past year is World Liberty Financial (WLFI).It is not a simple token, but a “capital drama” staged by political stars, Wall Street Capital, and dark horses in the crypto circle.
Today, I will take you to give a complete explanation of this project.
Trump family: Should I stand or dominate?
WLFI has been closely linked to the Trump family since its birth:
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Trump himself, with the title of “Co-Founder Emeritus” (honor co-founder);
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The sons, Eric, Donald Jr., Barron, were all packaged as “co-founders” and frequently appeared to help WLFI;
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The distribution of interests is even more naked: the family actually controls about 60% of the WLF platform and can take away 75% of the token sales revenue.
In addition to the Trump family, there is another family that also runs the whole family, which is the Witkoff family, an old friend of Trump’s family for more than 40 years.
Currently Steven WitkoffSpecial Envoy to the Middle East, from 2025 to participate in foreign affairs such as the Middle East ceasefire, Russia-Ukrainian negotiations.
But in the eyes of the outside world, WLFI is no longer just a financial experiment, but a direct “tokenization” of political brands.
Some media even said that this is an “upgraded version of modern corruption.”
Early investors: Justin Sun and Web3Port
When you open WLFI’s early investment list, two names are particularly dazzling:
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Justin Sun: In November 2024, he invested at least $30 million in WLFI.Since then, the interaction between TRON ecosystem and WLFI has become increasingly close.
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Web3Port: This unreputable “incubator” also invested $10 million in early 2025.
Many people say that Web3Port has always been the “spokesperson” of speculative projects, and its emergence has taken the controversy of WLFI to a higher level.
With the fuel of this type of capital, WLFI’s valuation was once rapidly blown up.
Public Investors: The problem of withdrawal has caused group anxiety
$WLFI plans to issue coins in September, but now many investors who have participated in public offerings find it difficult to withdraw coins now:
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The so-called Lockbox smart contract activation failed;
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WLFI is displayed in the wallet, but it cannot be unlocked and removed;
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A large number of users are trapped in funds, and the community complains.
Theoretically, users who participate in public offerings will unlock 20% of the chips on TGE, accounting for about 5% of the total tokens, and this part of the market value also exceeds US$1 billion., If the buying in the secondary market is not strong, the selling pressure of these retail investors will be quite large.
ALT5: USD 1.5 billion treasury linked to currency stocks
What really made WLFI a financial headline was the linkage with Nasdaq-listed company ALT5 Sigma:
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ALT5 issued 200 million shares, raising US$1.5 billion in one fell swoop;
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Half of the funds are used to buy WLFI tokens (about 7.5% of the total), while the other half is injected into so-called “crypto-treasury” to repay debts and operate;
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The power bundling is also straightforward: Eric Trump becomes the director of ALT5 and WLFI co-founder Zach Witkoff serves as chairman.
This wave of operations is equivalent to installing the “amal” of Wall Street to WLFI, and it has transformed it into a project endorsed by institutions.
September TGE: Business Brief
WLFI will officially enter transaction circulation in September 2025.Now, its business is roughly divided into two lines:.
Stablecoin USD1
Benchmarking against USDT/USDC, it is known as the core of payment and mortgage in the ecosystem;
USD1 issuance is currently 2.3 billion, of which 2 billion is the investment fund of the Middle East royal family invested in Binance, and more than 200 million is in $WLFI’s own wallet.
Crypto vault investment
After public offerings and currency stock linkages, a total of US$2 billion tokens have been sold.According to the rules of interest distribution, the Trump family will take away $1.5 billion, and the remaining money will be used for vault investment.
Up to now, the vault has a holding of US$460 million. After deducting the operating costs of tens of millions of project parties, it is almost the remaining money for the fundraising.
In other words, WLFI’s token sale is more like“Family Financing” driven by political brands:
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Most of the investors’ money flows into the family account first;
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Only the remaining funds obtained at the platform or vault level can be used to operate and buy ETH/WBTC/TRX and other assets.
This is why some people criticize it as a “modern corruption case that breaks the boundaries of government and business”
——Investors buy crypto tokens on the surface, but in essence, most of the funds have become private property of political families..
