{"id":840009,"date":"2025-04-09T08:11:56","date_gmt":"2025-04-09T13:11:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/09\/trump-backed-world-liberty-may-have-sold-5471-eth-amid-125m-loss\/"},"modified":"2025-04-09T08:11:56","modified_gmt":"2025-04-09T13:11:56","slug":"trump-backed-world-liberty-may-have-sold-5471-eth-amid-125m-loss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/09\/trump-backed-world-liberty-may-have-sold-5471-eth-amid-125m-loss\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump-backed World Liberty may have sold 5,471 ETH amid $125M loss"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-id=\"168049\" data-url=\"https:\/\/cryptobriefing.com\/trump-backed-world-liberty-sells-eth-loss\/\">\n<section>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cryptobriefing.com\/ethereum\/\" rel=\"tag\"><br \/>\n                    Ethereum                <\/a>\n                    <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span><span><a href=\"https:\/\/cryptobriefing.com\/\">Home<\/a><\/span> \u00bb <span><a href=\"https:\/\/cryptobriefing.com\/ethereum\/\">Ethereum<\/a><\/span> \u00bb <span aria-current=\"page\">Trump-backed World Liberty may have sold 5,471 ETH amid $125M loss<\/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=\"2025-04-09T03:49:39+00:00\"><br \/>\n                        Apr. 9, 2025                    <\/time>\n                            <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section>\n<h2>The project spent $210 million acquiring 67,498 ETH at an average price of $3,259.<\/h2>\n<\/section>\n<section>\n            <picture><source media=\"(min-width: 850px)\" ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cryptobriefing.com\/c8fa062b-a9a7-40d2-9441-6807e9e09a40.jpg\" alt=\"Trump-backed World Liberty may have sold 5,471 ETH amid $125M loss\" title=\"http:\/\/cryptobriefing.com\/c8fa062b-a9a7-40d2-9441-6807e9e09a40.jpg\">\n            <\/picture>\n        <\/section>\n<section>\n<section>\n<h3>Key Takeaways<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>A Trump-backed entity, World Liberty, reportedly sold 5,471 ETH at a loss.<\/li>\n<li>World Liberty&#8217;s ETH investment initially purchased at $3,259 per token, is now facing a $125 million loss.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/section>\n<section>\n<p>Share this article<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p>        <?xml encoding=\"UTF-8\"><\/p>\n<p>A wallet possibly linked to World Liberty Financial, the DeFi project endorsed by the Trump family, may have offloaded 5,471 ETH \u2014 worth around $8 million at the time \u2014 at a price of $1,465 per coin today, according to a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/lookonchain\/status\/1909782070618210423\" rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\">new report<\/a> from Lookonchain.<\/p>\n<p>The sale marks a steep loss compared to World Liberty\u2019s earlier investment. The project had previously acquired 67,498 ETH for approximately $210 million, averaging $3,259 per token.<\/p>\n<p>World Liberty is now underwater by roughly $125 million, based on ETH\u2019s current price of about $1,400.<\/p>\n<p>The second-largest crypto asset has fallen more than 40% since Eric Trump, the project\u2019s web3 ambassador, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/cryptobriefing.com\/eric-trump-ethereum-bullish-sentiment\/\" rel=\"\">bull-posted Ethereum<\/a>, according to <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tradingview.com\/symbols\/ETHUSD\/\" rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\">TradingView<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%200%200'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/static.cryptobriefing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/08234746\/ETH-Prices.png\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.cryptobriefing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/08234746\/ETH-Prices.png\"><\/noscript><figcaption><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Beyond Ethereum\u2019s woes, the crypto market is experiencing a sharp downturn. Bitcoin has fallen over 20% since early February, while XRP and Cardano each have lost around 30%.<\/p>\n<p>Solana has been hit particularly hard, shedding almost 50%, and Dogecoin is down approximately 47%. <\/p>\n<p>TRON and Binance Coin have shown the most resilience among the top 10.<\/p>\n<p>World Liberty has been involved in several controversies regarding token sales and management. However, the project has strongly denied allegations of making unauthorized token sales or swaps.<\/p>\n<p><html><body><\/p>\n<div class=\"ad-banner mrec-in-article\"><\/div>\n<p><\/body><\/html><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We\u2019re making routine movements of our crypto holdings as part of regular treasury management, and payment of fees and expenses and to address working capital requirements. To be clear, we are not selling tokens\u2014we are simply reallocating assets for ordinary business purposes.\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 WLFI (@worldlibertyfi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/worldlibertyfi\/status\/1886441070164083074?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">February 3, 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<section class=\"article-share\">\n<p>Share this article<\/p>\n<div class=\"social-icons\">\n          <button class=\"social-icon share\" data-href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/intent\/tweet?text=Trump-backed+World+Liberty+may+have+sold+5%2C471+ETH+amid+%24125M+loss&#038;url=https%3A%2F%2Fcryptobriefing.com%2Ftrump-backed-world-liberty-sells-eth-loss%2F&#038;via=crypto_briefing\" aria-label=\"Share on x\"><br \/>\n        <?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\"?><br \/>\n                <svg width=\"40px\" height=\"40px\" viewBox=\"0 0 40 40\" version=\"1.1\" xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\">\n                <g id=\"surface1\">\n                <path style=\" stroke:none;fill-rule:nonzero;fill:rgb(0%,0%,0%);fill-opacity:1;\" d=\"M 17.867188 0.148438 C 10.839844 0.878906 4.558594 5.507812 1.707031 12.054688 C -0.132812 16.28125 -0.441406 21.148438 0.867188 25.625 C 2.480469 31.214844 6.652344 35.933594 12.054688 38.292969 C 16.28125 40.132812 21.148438 40.4375 25.628906 39.132812 C 32.332031 37.199219 37.613281 31.695312 39.347656 24.851562 C 42.054688 14.132812 35.414062 3.171875 24.667969 0.613281 C 22.304688 0.0546875 20.226562 -0.09375 17.867188 0.148438 Z M 18.132812 12.535156 C 19.839844 14.800781 21.28125 16.667969 21.332031 16.667969 C 21.386719 16.667969 23.160156 14.800781 25.253906 12.535156 L 29.078125 8.398438 L 31.253906 8.398438 L 30.785156 8.894531 C 30.519531 9.171875 28.785156 11.054688 26.933594 13.066406 C 25.078125 15.078125 23.265625 17.039062 22.90625 17.398438 L 22.265625 18.078125 L 27.265625 24.734375 C 30.011719 28.398438 32.265625 31.441406 32.265625 31.492188 C 32.265625 31.558594 30.628906 31.601562 28.640625 31.601562 L 25 31.585938 L 21.613281 27.054688 C 19.28125 23.921875 18.1875 22.574219 18.078125 22.652344 C 18 22.71875 16.105469 24.761719 13.867188 27.1875 L 9.800781 31.601562 L 8.773438 31.601562 C 8.199219 31.601562 7.734375 31.574219 7.734375 31.535156 C 7.734375 31.492188 9.851562 29.171875 12.441406 26.386719 C 15.011719 23.601562 17.148438 21.265625 17.171875 21.226562 C 17.1875 21.171875 15.066406 18.28125 12.464844 14.800781 C 9.867188 11.332031 7.734375 8.464844 7.734375 8.441406 C 7.734375 8.414062 9.371094 8.398438 11.386719 8.398438 L 15.039062 8.398438 Z M 18.132812 12.535156 \" \/>\n                <path style=\" stroke:none;fill-rule:nonzero;fill:rgb(0%,0%,0%);fill-opacity:1;\" d=\"M 11.027344 10.1875 C 11.082031 10.28125 14.441406 14.785156 18.464844 20.171875 L 25.800781 29.988281 L 27.441406 30 C 28.453125 30 29.066406 29.945312 29.039062 29.867188 C 29.027344 29.800781 25.679688 25.292969 21.628906 19.867188 L 14.238281 10 L 12.585938 10 C 11.214844 10 10.933594 10.027344 11.027344 10.1875 Z M 11.027344 10.1875 \" \/>\n                <\/g>\n                <\/svg>      <\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cryptobriefing.com\/trump-backed-world-liberty-sells-eth-loss\/\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><br \/>\n Vivian Nguyen<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ethereum Home \u00bb Ethereum \u00bb Trump-backed World Liberty may have sold 5,471 ETH amid $125M loss by Vivian Nguyen Apr. 9, 2025 The project spent $210 million acquiring 67,498 ETH at an average price of $3,259. Key Takeaways A Trump-backed entity, World Liberty, reportedly sold 5,471 ETH at a loss. 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