# Trump's World Liberty Reportedly Explores Token Swap Deals

*Author: David Christopher*
*Published: Feb 3, 2025*
*Source: https://www.bankless.com/fr/read/trumps-world-liberty-reportedly-explores-token-swap-deals*

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World Liberty Financial, with Trump’s backing, may be looking to offer token swap deals where projects buy $10M in WLFI tokens, plus 10% fees, and World Liberty buys an equal amount of the project's token, [Blockworks reports](https://blockworks.co/news/trump-backed-project-token-swaps/).

### What's the scoop? 
- **Valuation and Launch: **The WLFI tokens will be transferred at a $1.5B fully diluted valuation, and the platform is slated to launch in Q3. The deal requires a minimum buy-in of $10M, with priority treatment reserved for investments of $15M or more.
- **World Liberty Financial Response: **While not directly responding to Blockworks's reporting, the company's official account [noted](https://x.com/worldlibertyfi/status/1886441070164083074) Monday that it was moving fund around but was not issuing sales of the token.
- **Trump Family Involvement:** President Trump’s son Eric sits on the board, and a Trump-affiliated LLC is set to receive 60% of the project’s equity and 75% of the fee revenue.
- **Wallet Holdings: **Data from the public crypto wallet show [~$360M](https://intel.arkm.com/explorer/entity/worldlibertyfi) in holdings, with ETH representing roughly half of these assets alongside other tokens.
- **Process and Background:** Token swap candidates will first attend a meeting, followed by a video call with co-founder Zak Folkman, previously of Dough Finance, which faced a $2M hack in July 2024.

### Bankless Take: 
It seems WLFI’s either woken up to its market impact or has just reached a point where it now wants to monetize its current role. Take, for example, the recent announcement of MOVE tokens by WLFI, which spiked the token’s market cap by [~$400M at its peak](https://www.coingecko.com/en/coins/movement). Thus, if a project enters into this swap and its token jumps enough that an entity or set of entities can capitalize on, it could potentially net them more than the initial $10M buy-in. Regardless, WLFI clearly has a firm grasp on its ability to drive value, even if just for a quick jump.

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