{"id":834613,"date":"2025-03-17T08:12:16","date_gmt":"2025-03-17T13:12:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/17\/trump-backed-world-liberty-financial-buys-avax-and-mnt-for-4m-as-total-portfolio-losses-reach-118m\/"},"modified":"2025-03-17T08:12:16","modified_gmt":"2025-03-17T13:12:16","slug":"trump-backed-world-liberty-financial-buys-avax-and-mnt-for-4m-as-total-portfolio-losses-reach-118m","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/17\/trump-backed-world-liberty-financial-buys-avax-and-mnt-for-4m-as-total-portfolio-losses-reach-118m\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump-backed World Liberty Financial buys AVAX and MNT for $4M as total portfolio losses reach $118M"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-id=\"166025\" data-url=\"https:\/\/cryptobriefing.com\/trump-backed-crypto-venture-buys-tokens\/\">\n<section>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cryptobriefing.com\/defi\/\" rel=\"tag\"><br \/>\n                    DeFi                <\/a>\n                    <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span><span><a href=\"https:\/\/cryptobriefing.com\/\">Home<\/a><\/span> \u00bb <span><a href=\"https:\/\/cryptobriefing.com\/defi\/\">DeFi<\/a><\/span> \u00bb <span aria-current=\"page\">Trump-backed World Liberty Financial buys AVAX and MNT for $4M as total portfolio losses reach $118M<\/span><\/span>        <\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><span>by<\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a data-author_id=\"29816\" href=\"https:\/\/cryptobriefing.com\/team\/vivian-nguyen\/\" rel=\"author\">Vivian Nguyen<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><time datetime=\"2025-03-16T09:24:40+00:00\"><br \/>\n                        Mar. 16, 2025                    <\/time>\n                            <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section>\n<h2>The project just finalized its $550 million token sale this week.<\/h2>\n<\/section>\n<section>\n            <picture><source media=\"(min-width: 850px)\" ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cryptobriefing.com\/9d8019fe-ef42-4bbe-aeb6-42a83d949389.jpg\" alt=\"Trump-backed World Liberty Financial buys AVAX and MNT for $4M as total portfolio losses reach $118M\" title=\"http:\/\/cryptobriefing.com\/9d8019fe-ef42-4bbe-aeb6-42a83d949389.jpg\">\n            <\/picture>\n        <\/section>\n<section>\n<section>\n<h3>Key Takeaways<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>World Liberty Financial purchased $2 million each of AVAX and MNT tokens while experiencing total portfolio losses of $118 million.<\/li>\n<li>World Liberty Financial&#8217;s portfolio includes 11 digital assets with Ethereum accounting for 58% and $88 million in losses.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/section>\n<section>\n<p>Share this article<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p>        <?xml encoding=\"UTF-8\"><\/p>\n<p>World Liberty Financial (WLFI), the DeFi project backed by the Trump family, on Saturday purchased $2 million each of Avalanche (AVAX) and Mantle (MNT) tokens, while its total portfolio continues to show substantial losses.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/intel.arkm.com\/explorer\/entity\/worldlibertyfi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\">data<\/a> tracked by Arkham Intelligence, the entity acquired 103,911 AVAX tokens and 2.45 million MNT tokens after a purchase of 541,783 SEI on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>WLFI\u2019s investment portfolio now includes 11 digital assets, including Ethereum, Wrapped Bitcoin, Tron, Chainlink, Aave, ENA, MOVE, ONDO, SEI, AVAX, and MNT.<\/p>\n<p>As analyzed by Lookonchain, the crypto venture has invested approximately $343 million in these holdings and is currently facing unrealized losses of $118 million.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Trump&#8217;s World Liberty(<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/worldlibertyfi?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">@worldlibertyfi<\/a>) bought 103,911 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%24AVAX&#038;src=ctag&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">$AVAX<\/a>($2M) and 2.45M <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%24MNT&#038;src=ctag&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">$MNT<\/a>($2M) 3 hours ago.<\/p>\n<p>In total, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WorldLiberty?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">#WorldLiberty<\/a> has spent $343M on 11 different tokens\u2014but every single one is in the red, with a total loss of $118M!<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/IzbZt1afkV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/IzbZt1afkV<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/b4jqIRZQ2A\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/b4jqIRZQ2A<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Lookonchain (@lookonchain) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lookonchain\/status\/1901095368479445232?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">March 16, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script type=\"rocketlazyloadscript\" async data-rocket-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Ethereum represents the largest position at 58% of the portfolio, accounting for $88 million in losses.<\/p>\n<p>The latest purchases came after WLFI <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptobriefing.com\/trump-backed-token-sale-completion\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\">finalized its $550 million token sale<\/a> on Wednesday. Eric Trump, the project\u2019s web3 ambassador, signaled future developments after completion.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/worldlibertyfi?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">@worldlibertyfi<\/a> is just getting started <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/FI2tOIz50I\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/FI2tOIz50I<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Eric Trump (@EricTrump) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EricTrump\/status\/1900596588742861305?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">March 14, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script type=\"rocketlazyloadscript\" async data-rocket-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Recently, World Liberty Financial announced its partnership with the Sui Foundation. 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