World Liberty Financial
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2026 Events (1)
White House hosts UFC 'Freedom 250' with fighter bonuses paid in Trump-family crypto
President Trump hosted a UFC mixed-martial-arts card, "Freedom 250," on the White House South Lawn on June 14, 2026, his 80th birthday. World Liberty Financial — a crypto venture of the Trump family, which reportedly receives roughly 75% of net token proceeds — served as presenting partner of the event's fighter bonus pool, adding about $250,000 in "Performance of the Night" bonuses paid in its own USD1 stablecoin. The Trump Organization separately marketed commemorative coins tied to the event.
2025 Events (4)
World Liberty Financial sold crypto tokens to buyers linked to sanctioned Iranian and Russian networks, prompting a Senate probe request
Watchdog group Accountable.US reported on September 18, 2025 that World Liberty Financial (WLFI), the Trump family's crypto venture, sold tokens to wallets with prior ties to Iran's largest crypto exchange and a Treasury-sanctioned ruble token; a separate North Korea link the report alleged was later disputed by independent researchers as a false positive. Senate Democrats Warren and Reed cited the report in a November 2025 letter asking Treasury and DOJ to investigate WLFI's compliance and national-security exposure.
World Liberty Financial took $80 million in June 2025 from a wallet tied to a UK money-laundering suspect, netting Trump family $75 million
In June 2025, Aqua 1 Foundation -- a United Arab Emirates-based crypto fund -- publicly announced a $100 million purchase of tokens from World Liberty Financial (WLFI), the Trump family's crypto venture. The New York Times reported in August 2026, based on blockchain analysis by Arkham Intelligence, that a wallet likely controlled by Aqua 1 actually purchased $80 million of those tokens in June, with roughly $75 million of WLFI's combined proceeds from Aqua 1 and a related entity flowing to a company controlled by President Trump and his three sons. Aqua 1 has disputed reporting linking it to that related entity.
Web3Port announced a $10 million World Liberty Financial purchase days after Trump's inauguration; blockchain analysis later found $20 million
Web3Port Foundation announced on January 27, 2025 that it had invested $10 million in World Liberty Financial (WLFI), the Trump family's crypto venture, days after Trump's inauguration. The New York Times reported in August 2026, based on blockchain analysis by Arkham Intelligence, that a Web3Port-controlled wallet had actually purchased $20 million in WLFI tokens that January. Web3Port is controlled by businessman Guren "Bobby" Zhou, who has been under an active United Kingdom money-laundering investigation since a March 2021 arrest, disclosed in UK court records made public in February 2024.
Eric Trump signed $500 million deal giving UAE-linked investors a 49% stake in Trump family crypto venture World Liberty Financial
Eric Trump signed a $500 million deal on January 16, 2025 -- four days before his father's second inauguration -- giving an investment firm linked to Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the UAE's national security adviser and manager of its largest sovereign wealth fund, a 49% stake in World Liberty Financial, the Trump family's cryptocurrency venture. The Wall Street Journal first reported the previously undisclosed deal on February 1, 2026; of the payment, $187 million went to Trump family entities and at least $31 million to entities tied to Steve Witkoff, Trump's Middle East envoy and a WLFI co-founder. Two senior officers at Tahnoon-backed companies joined WLFI's board as part of the agreement.