{"id":857074,"date":"2025-06-21T09:11:36","date_gmt":"2025-06-21T14:11:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/21\/trump-family-sheds-20-of-world-liberty-financial-ownership\/"},"modified":"2025-06-21T09:11:36","modified_gmt":"2025-06-21T14:11:36","slug":"trump-family-sheds-20-of-world-liberty-financial-ownership","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/21\/trump-family-sheds-20-of-world-liberty-financial-ownership\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump Family Sheds 20% of World Liberty Financial Ownership"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"page\">\n<div id=\"content_box\">\n<header>\n<div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" alt src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2b5363381b9fb67e5d83a7331644feccb6ac7671ad22cc5b5555df342567c3bb?s=32&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g\"  height=\"32\" width=\"32\" decoding=\"async\"><\/p>\n<p><span><span>By <a href=\"https:\/\/fullycrypto.com\/author\/mahu_bs\" title=\"Posts by Mark Hunter\" rel=\"author\">Mark Hunter<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><\/p>\n<p>1 day ago<span>Fri Jun 20 2025 08:42:33<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<p><img width=\"1300\" height=\"890\" src=\"https:\/\/fullycrypto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Trump-Family-Sheds-20-of-World-Liberty-Financial-Ownership.png\" alt=\"Trump-Family-Sheds-20-of-World-Liberty-Financial-Ownership\" title decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" data-layzr=\"https:\/\/fullycrypto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Trump-Family-Sheds-20-of-World-Liberty-Financial-Ownership.png\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span><span>Reading Time: <\/span> <span> 2<\/span> <span>minutes<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><span>The Trump family has sold off 20% of its stake in World Liberty Financial, reducing its overall ownership to around 40%<\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><span>The divestment has occurred gradually in June, just as the company\u2019s stablecoin project, USD1, gains traction globally<\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><span>The move follows heightened scrutiny from lawmakers over potential conflicts of interest involving the family\u2019s crypto investments<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span>A Trump-affiliated company, DT Marks DEFI LLC, has quietly sold a significant portion of its stake in <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/fullycrypto.com\/lawmakers-seek-world-liberty-financial-records-from-sec\"><span>World Liberty Financial<\/span><\/a><span>, bringing its ownership down from 60% to approximately 40%. The timing of the divestment\u2014shortly after June 8\u2014has raised eyebrows in Washington, especially as the firm continues to expand its influence in the stablecoin market. With <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/fullycrypto.com\/democrats-table-stop-trump-in-crypto-act-of-2025\"><span>regulatory pressure mounting<\/span><\/a><span> and political questions swirling around their crypto activities, the Trump family\u2019s move appears as much strategic as it is financial.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span>Ownership Cut Coincides With Stablecoin Surge<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span>The ownership reduction in World Liberty Financial was confirmed in regulatory documents and first <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/danalexander\/2025\/06\/19\/trump-company-reduces-its-stake-in-crypto-venture\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span>flagged<\/span><\/a><span> by <\/span><i><span>Forbes<\/span><\/i><span>, which reported that, based on market valuations, the sale could be worth close to $190 million. While the Trump family hasn\u2019t publicly commented on the sale, the timing strongly suggests a desire to reduce exposure amid growing pressure on crypto firms, and especially those with politically exposed backers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>World Liberty Financial recently launched USD1, a dollar-pegged stablecoin that has quickly attracted over $550 million in token sales, and has enjoyed a $2 billion commitment by a government-linked Abu Dhabi fund. As the company\u2019s valuation soars and its geopolitical ties deepen, lawmakers have expressed concern that private gain could be influencing public crypto policy, especially with President Trump\u2019s inner circle directly involved.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span>Political Fallout and Ethical Questions<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span>In May, Senator Richard Blumenthal accused World Liberty of stonewalling Congress, saying, \u201cWLF\u2019s refusal to answer even the most basic questions about President Trump\u2019s financial entanglements\u2026raises serious concerns.\u201d Lawmakers have pointed to the company\u2019s foreign investors and rapid regulatory advancements as evidence of special treatment, with critics saying the Trump family\u2019s financial stake in a fast-moving crypto firm makes it difficult to separate their business interests from U.S. policy decisions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Although the 20% sale reduces the Trump family\u2019s majority control, they still retain a powerful position in World Liberty\u2019s future. Shedding part of the stake may help deflect scrutiny without relinquishing influence, but whether this marks a long-term step back or a calculated pause in the spotlight remains unclear. Either way, it represents a shift that comes at a politically sensitive moment, as Congress debates the very rules that will shape the future of firms like World Liberty in the form of the GENIUS Act, which <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/fullycrypto.com\/trump-praises-incredible-genius-act-and-urges-house-passage\"><span>Trump this week labelled \u201cincredible.\u201d<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/fullycrypto.com\/trump-family-sheds-20-of-world-liberty-financial-ownership?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=trump-family-sheds-20-of-world-liberty-financial-ownership\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><br \/>\n Mark Hunter<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Mark Hunter 1 day agoFri Jun 20 2025 08:42:33 Reading Time: 2 minutes The Trump family has sold off 20% of its stake in World Liberty Financial, reducing its overall ownership to around 40% The divestment has occurred gradually in June, just as the company\u2019s stablecoin project, USD1, gains traction globally The move follows<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":857075,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1719,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-857074","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-family","category-trump"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/857074","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=857074"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/857074\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/857075"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=857074"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=857074"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=857074"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}