Trump family removed from World Liberty Financial site

The Trump family was removed from World Liberty Financial’s team page and the project’s website includes a disclosure that “None of Donald J. Trump, his family members or any director, officer or employee of Trump Organization or of DT Marks LLC is an officer, director or employee of, WLF Holdco LLC or World Liberty Financial LLC.” Public filings show the family retains roughly a 38% economic stake through DT Marks DEFI LLC.

World Liberty Financial launched in fall 2024 and completed a third-phase WLFI token presale in March 2025 that raised about $550 million. WLFI began trading in September 2025. Filings list WLF Holdco LLC as holding rights to net protocol revenues and show DT Marks DEFI LLC holding about 22.5 billion WLFI tokens and rights to a significant share of token-sale revenue and interest on reserve assets backing the USD1 stablecoin. Filings indicate the Trump-affiliated stake was previously near 60% in early 2025 and has since declined to roughly 38%.

The project drew scrutiny after the World Liberty team deposited about 5 billion WLFI tokens as collateral on a decentralized lending market to borrow between $75 million and $150 million in stablecoins. Market data show the deposits temporarily drained the lending pool, leaving some depositors unable to withdraw. The token’s price fell by double digits around the event and the USD1 stablecoin briefly traded near $0.98.

World Liberty described the position as an “anchor borrower” and wrote that being an anchor borrower generates yield and supports WLFI Markets. The team wrote, “No, we are nowhere near liquidation — and frankly, even if markets moved dramatically against us, we’d simply supply more collateral.” CEO Zach Witkoff wrote on social media that the website was redesigned months earlier and called the distancing claims “This is clearly FUD.”

Eric Trump has reduced WLFI-related social posts and lists himself as an advocate for World Liberty Financial on social media. Donald Trump Jr. currently lists himself as a co-founder on his profile. World Liberty did not provide additional comment when asked about the timing of the team page removal or any active governance role by Trump-affiliated entities beyond their stated economic stake.

Trade data show WLFI trading below $0.10 and down more than 40% year to date. Market participants pointed to the concentration of token holdings and the use of WLFI as collateral as areas of concern.