The Crypto Empire of the Trump family extends – fast

The Crypto Empire of the Trump family makes another major movement at Wall Street.

World Liberty Financial, the Crypto company founded by the Trump family last September, concluded a massive agreement that will see a fintech company listed on the stock market, Alt5 Sigma, buy up to $ 1.5 billion in the cryptocurrency owner of the family, $ WLFI.

The agreement is a historic event that more and more intersects with private companies of the Trump family with the increasingly pro-Crypto government policies of President Donald Trump, a decision in a continuous conversation on ethics or the legality of such a crossing.

According to documents filed with the Security and Exchange Commission, Alt5 Sigma plans to sell $ 1.5 billion in its own shares and use the product to buy the WLFI $ token, which it will then hold on its business balance sheet. The agreement also installs Trump’s main allies on the ALT5 board of directors: Eric Trump will become a member of the board of directors, and Zach Witkoff, co-founder of World Liberty and the son of a presidential advisor, will become the new president.

Witkoff celebrated the movement on X, the appellant “Another historic step for @Worldlibertyfi with @ alt5_sigma”.

Another historical step for @Worldlibertyfi with @ Alt5_sigma $ Alts Announce plans for a major $ Wlfi Treasury strategy. Delighted to join the board of directors as president working alongside @Erictrump @Zakfolkman. ☝️🦅 @ Matthewmorgan23 @Watherchase

– West Witkoff (@zachwitkoff) August 11, 2025

Eric Trump was just as enthusiastic: “I am delighted to join the board of directors of the ALT5 Sigma and to help open the way to revolutionize the space of digital assets! @Donaldjtrumpjr and I are deeply engaged in the success of this company and its innovative approach. ”

Breaking: I am delighted to join the board of directors of Alt5 Sigma and to help open the way to revolutionize the space of digital assets! @Donaldjtrumpjr And I am deeply attached to the success of this company and its innovative approach. $ Alts pic.twitter.com/ixq91xka48

– Eric Trump (@erictrump) August 12, 2025

The trend: Corporate Crypto Treasuries

This agreement is a new turn on a growing trend in the world of cryptography: the strategy of the corporate treasure. A cryptographic treasure is when a company decides to hold cryptocurrency instead of dollars, euros or other traditional assets. For example, if Apple decided to keep billions of bitcoins rather than liquidating its business reserves, it would be a Bitcoin cash strategy.

This idea has become a broader vision called DEFI (decentralized finance), where companies collect funds, pay investors and follow assets on blockchains, without large banks. These assets can be “programmable” (the rules are integrated into the code), instantly traceable and theoretically easier to exchange.

The pioneer of this strategy is Microstrategy (recently renamed “strategy”), which has transformed from a software company in a massive Bitcoin maintenance vehicle. While some greet him like a genius, others, like the famous short seller Jim Chanos, call it a risky blow.

The ALT5 Sigma agreement pushes the treasure strategy a little further. Instead of buying a decentralized and worldwide asset as Bitcoin, the company uses its funds to buy a new owner token controlled by the first family.

An unprecedented conflict of interest?

The Trump administration has grown aggressively pro-Crypto policies. With legislation such as the “Engineering Act” providing regulatory clarity and an executive decree paving the way to crypto in retirement plans 401 (K), the United States has gone from caution to active defense of digital assets.

This led criticism to raise serious concerns about an unprecedented conflict of interest.

The president adopts regulations that directly create a more favorable and lucrative market for financial products from his own family. Trump himself won $ 57.4 million last year thanks to his ownership of tokens linked to World Liberty Financial, according to his disclosure of ethics in June 2025.

The family crypto empire also includes the $ Trump’s play, which, although not officially affiliated, has generated hundreds of millions of dollars of value directly related to its brand. For the moment, the family moves forward with their plans to take their own general token.

“The WLFI community has voted massively to make the token negotiable, and the WLF team is already working hard for it to happen,” said Eric Trump. “Once negotiable, we expect the WLFI token soon to be available on all the main centralized exchanges as well as on decentralized exchanges.”

Once negotiable, we expect the WLFI token soon to be available on all the main centralized exchanges as well as on decentralized exchanges. WLFI is preparing the way for accessibility and liquidity of global governance.

– Eric Trump (@erictrump) August 12, 2025

Our grip

Crypto is undeniably used by some for criminal activity. But the warm embrace of the Trump administration of digital assets, combined with companies related to family like World Liberty Financial, opened the valves in Wall Street and American companies.