- World Liberty Financial DeFi project raised $550 million through token sales earlier this week, with Donald Trump reporting crypto earnings through NFTs and other affiliated projects.
- A major whale accumulated nearly 800 million WLFI tokens over the past week, with substantial USDT transfers.
US President Donald Trump recently disclosed his income of $54.7 million from World Liberty Financial, a decentralized finance (DeFi) project backed by the Trump family, with his sons Eric Trump and Donald Trump Jr. leading the venture.
The details emerged as Trump submitted his 2025 public financial disclosure to the US Office of Government Ethics on Friday, June 13. Additionally, the filing also reveals that President Trump holds a total of 15.75 million WLFI governance tokens, native to the World Liberty Financial project. This massive holding also gives the President some voting rights in this project.
Trump’s Earnings Includes That from World Liberty Financial and NFTs
The Trump family launched World Liberty Financial last year in October 2024 with the goal of disrupting major banking institutions. Interestingly, the President’s family secured 75% of revenues from the sale of its WLFI governance tokens. Earlier this year, in March 2025, the DeFi project concluded a $590 million WLFI token sale, as reported by CNF earlier, indicating that last year’s report may not fully reflect Trump’s total earnings from the token sale.
The report also mentions Donald Trump’s earnings from various digital asset products associated with his brand. He disclosed $1.16 million in revenue from his NFT trading cards. However, the report excludes any mention of the TRUMP meme coin, which had been reported to generate between $86 million and $100 million by January 30.
Earlier this week, DeFi project WLFI also announced acquiring a large stake in the Official Trump (TRUMP) meme coin. As a result, the Trump family’s connection to the coin has evolved into a strategic acquisition.
Additionally, the filing also states that Trump holds positions in several digital venture-related holding companies, such as CIC Ventures LLC and CIC Digital LLC, though income from these entities remains minimal or inactive.
$550 Million Fundraise And Massive WLFI Whale Activity
World Liberty Financial disclosed in March that it raised approximately $550 million through its token sales, securing $200 million in the first public round and an additional $250 million in the second. Apart from the US, the project also seeks to expand its footprint in the overseas market. As mentioned in our article from April, Trump’s DeFi project and the Pakistan Crypto Council signed a Letter of Intent to promote blockchain innovation, expand decentralized finance (DeFi), and boost stablecoin adoption across Pakistan.
In the past week, a major whale has amassed close to 800 million WLFI tokens, the native cryptocurrency of World Liberty Finance, as reported by Arkham Intelligence. Earlier today, the same whale transferred $40 million USDT to World Liberty Finance. This mirrors a similar transaction from eight days ago, when the whale moved $40 million USDT and subsequently acquired 400 million WLFI tokens four days later.
