# Trump Family's Crypto Holdings Surge $5B with $WLFI Listing

*Author: Bankless*
*Published: Sep 2, 2025*
*Source: https://www.bankless.com/read/trump-familys-crypto-holdings-surge-5b-with-wlfi-listing*

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The Trump family’s DeFi fortune surged another $5.1B this week after World Liberty Financial (WLFI) listed its token on several exchanges Monday, with prices of the token settling near $0.22.

## **What’s the Scoop?**
- **Token Allocation:** The Trumps hold 22.5B WLFI — 22.5% of the total supply — along with 38% equity in parent company WLF Holdco LLC and 75% of presale revenue rights.
- **Liquidity Caveats:** Despite the high paper value, the family’s allocation is locked under an undisclosed vesting schedule and cannot be sold yet. 
- **Market Debut Stats:** WLFI was trading as high as $0.46 in pre-launch, but debuted near $0.22. Just under 25% of tokens were available to trade at launch, with current prices implying a fully diluted valuation just a hair below $23B, according to [CoinMarketCap](https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/world-liberty-financial-wlfi/).
- **Protocol Details:** WLFI serves as the governance token for the Ethereum-based World Liberty Financial protocol, which recently launched its own stablecoin, USD1, now the sixth-largest stablecoin.

## Bankless Take:
Donald Trump has profited enormously from a pro-crypto image. Although World Liberty Financial underdelivered relative to [initial promises](https://www.bankless.com/what-we-know-about-trumps-world-liberty-financial-wlfi), the crypto industry has found no problem assigning the project with a staggering valuation ~5x larger than Aave’s.

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