Eric Trump Launches Major Crypto Move: $1.5B for WLFI

Wall Street was buzzing on Tuesday. Eric Trump, son of former President Donald Trump, rang the opening bell at NASDAQ while announcing a major deal – technology and financial firm ALT5 Sigma is investing $1.5 billion in WLFI, a token backed by the Trump family. ALT5 plans to acquire about 7.5% of WLFI’s total supply, securing a strong position ahead of its official market debut. Eric Trump will also join ALT5 Sigma’s board of directors and lead its digital assets strategy. “The synergy between WLFI – especially USD1, the fastest-growing stablecoin in history – and ALT5 Sigma’s payment technology is unmatched. We’ve never seen anything like this in the digital assets space. We see this partnership as a turning point,”

– Eric Trump

Strong Integration of WLFI and ALT5 Sigma This investment structure places the USD1 stablecoin and WLFI governance token at the heart of ALT5’s financial strategy. The deal also weaves leadership ties: WLFI co-founder Zach Witkoff becomes chairman of ALT5, Eric Trump joins the board, and other WLFI executives take on advisory roles. ALT5 will use the capital to purchase WLFI tokens, expand operations and digital asset storage, settle debts and lawsuits, and finance ongoing activities. The company operates the ALT5 Prime OTC platform and ALT5 Pay crypto payment gateway, which processes merchant payments. Since its launch in 2018, ALT5 has handled over $5 billion in cryptocurrency transactions and recently became part of several Russell indexes.

WLFI Project – Political and Financial Ambitions World Liberty Financial, supported by the Trump family, has already raised over $500 million this year through token sales. Alongside the governance token WLFI, it issues the USD1 stablecoin, marketed as a regulated and institutionally ready digital dollar. The planned ALT5 acquisition directly integrates WLFI into a publicly traded financial institution – potentially adding credibility in investors’ eyes while placing it under government oversight through SEC reporting.

Potential Price and Investor Confidence Impact Market analysts say this integration could create perceived price stability, as a large block of tokens will be locked in the corporate treasury. The reduced circulating supply and link to a publicly traded company could also boost investor confidence ahead of WLFI’s expected broader exchange listings.

Stock Market Volatility Following the announcement, ALT5’s stock initially jumped 6%, but then sharply reversed, closing the day down 14% at $8.22, giving the company a market capitalization of roughly $165 million. Such volatility is typical for public firms with politically and market-sensitive crypto treasury strategies. Recent examples show the risks – last month, the valuation of SharpLink Gaming, tied to the Ethereum ecosystem and co-founder Joe Lubin, plunged 90% within weeks of its IPO. WLFI is not yet available to the public, making ALT5 stock essentially a bet on the success of a new, Trump-backed DeFi platform.

Trend of Altcoins in Public Company Balance Sheets This move fits a broader trend of publicly traded companies adding cryptocurrencies to their balance sheets. BitMine recently announced plans to boost its Ethereum reserves by $24 billion, while SharpLink Gaming added more than 5,000 ETH to its holdings.

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