{"id":857504,"date":"2025-06-23T09:12:30","date_gmt":"2025-06-23T14:12:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/23\/trump-affiliated-company-cuts-stake-in-world-liberty-financial-to-40\/"},"modified":"2025-06-23T09:12:30","modified_gmt":"2025-06-23T14:12:30","slug":"trump-affiliated-company-cuts-stake-in-world-liberty-financial-to-40","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/23\/trump-affiliated-company-cuts-stake-in-world-liberty-financial-to-40\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump-affiliated company cuts stake in World Liberty Financial to 40%"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-id=\"172472\" data-url=\"https:\/\/cryptobriefing.com\/world-liberty-stake-reduction\/\">\n<section>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cryptobriefing.com\/business\/\" rel=\"tag\"><br \/>\n                    Business                <\/a>\n                    <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span><span><a href=\"https:\/\/cryptobriefing.com\/\">Home<\/a><\/span> \u00bb <span><a href=\"https:\/\/cryptobriefing.com\/business\/\">Business<\/a><\/span> \u00bb <span aria-current=\"page\">Trump-affiliated company cuts stake in World Liberty Financial to 40%<\/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=\"2025-06-19T16:03:56+00:00\"><br \/>\n                        Jun. 19, 2025                    <\/time>\n                            <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section>\n<h2>The latest reduction represents the second ownership change in less than six months.<\/h2>\n<\/section>\n<section>\n            <picture><source media=\"(min-width: 850px)\" ><img decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" src=\"http:\/\/cryptobriefing.com\/051b98cd-3375-4033-9e5e-ca5793104b97.jpg\" alt=\"Trump-affiliated company cuts stake in World Liberty Financial to 40%\" title=\"http:\/\/cryptobriefing.com\/051b98cd-3375-4033-9e5e-ca5793104b97.jpg\">\n            <\/picture>\n        <\/section>\n<section>\n<section>\n<h3>Key Takeaways<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>A Trump-affiliated company reduced its stake in World Liberty Financial from 60% to 40%.<\/li>\n<li>World Liberty reported $550 million in token sales and is valued around $1.7 billion.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/section>\n<section>\n<p>Share this article<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p>        <?xml encoding=\"UTF-8\"><\/p>\n<p>DT Marks DEFI LLC, a company linked to President Donald Trump and his sons, including Eric Trump and Donald Trump Jr., has slashed its stake in the DeFi project World Liberty Financial to 40%, according to changes in language on its website first <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/danalexander\/2025\/06\/19\/trump-company-reduces-its-stake-in-crypto-venture\/\" rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\">reported<\/a> by Forbes.<\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.cryptobriefing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/19114921\/Trump-affiliated-company-cuts-stake-in-World-Liberty-Financial-to-40.png\"><figcaption><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>As of early 2025, DT Marks DEFI LLC owned approximately 60% of WLF Holdco LLC, the holding entity behind World Liberty. That figure was down from 75% at the end of 2024.<\/p>\n<p>The exact timing of the stake reduction is unknown. It came to light after World Liberty reported selling more than $200 million worth of WLFI tokens during a 29-hour window around the January 20 inauguration, and later announced total sales had reached $550 million by March.<\/p>\n<p>According to Forbes, a monitor overseeing Trump Organization finances was informed of plans to sell a partial stake in one of the family\u2019s companies, believed to be DT Marks DEFI LLC. The notice did not specify who the buyer was.<\/p>\n<p>DT Marks DEFI LLC and certain members of the Trump family hold 22.5 billion WLFI tokens, according to the latest disclosure on World Liberty\u2019s website.<\/p>\n<p>The company is entitled to receive up to 75% of the proceeds from the $WLFI token sale, net of reserves, expenses, and other required allocations.<\/p>\n<p><html><body><\/p>\n<div class=\"ad-banner mrec-in-article\">\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-4 ai-track\" data-ai=\"WzQsIiIsIk1SRUMgSW4tYXJ0aWNsZSAtIDMwMHgyNTAiLCIiLDFd\" style=\"margin: 8px 0; clear: both; width: 300px; height: 250px;\">\n<div class=\"ai-rotate ai-unprocessed\" data-shares=\"WzEwMF0=\" style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ai-rotate-option\" style=\"visibility: hidden;\" data-index=\"1\" data-name=\"U2V2aW8=\">\n<div style=\"width: 300px; height: 250px\">\n<script type=\"rocketlazyloadscript\" async data-rocket-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.adx.ws\/scripts\/loader.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<div class=\"sevioads\" data-zone=\"e895191b-6d01-4021-992d-173ebfdf2d63\"><\/div>\n<p><script type=\"rocketlazyloadscript\">\n    window.sevioads = window.sevioads || [];\n    var sevioads_preferences = [];\n    sevioads_preferences[0] = {};\n    sevioads_preferences[0].zone = \"e895191b-6d01-4021-992d-173ebfdf2d63\";\n    sevioads_preferences[0].adType = \"banner\";\n    sevioads_preferences[0].inventoryId = \"c5700508-581b-472c-8fdd-a931cdbfc8e1\";\n    sevioads_preferences[0].accountId = \"1e47efc1-ec2d-4fca-a8b9-354e249e5095\";\n    sevioads.push(sevioads_preferences);\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/body><\/html><\/p>\n<p>Trump reported making around $57 million from World Liberty\u2019s token sales in 2024, according to his annual<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/oge.app.box.com\/s\/k0hxcezgk7j1cyqoue16cillsi9srmfu\" rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\"> financial disclosure<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The US president owns 15.75 billion governance tokens in World Liberty, giving him voting rights. 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