Trump's family secures the majority stake in World Liberty’s profits, claiming 75% of token sale earnings and $400M in fees, leaving just 5% of the $550M raised for development, according to Reuters estimates

Reuters reports that the Trump family secured the vast majority of economic upside from World Liberty Financial, the flagship crypto project in Donald Trump’s post‑return‑to‑office digital asset empire. According to the investigation, entities tied to the family arranged the token and corporate structure so that they receive about 75% of all token sale profits, plus roughly $400 million in fees and other compensation, while only about 5% of the roughly $550 million raised was earmarked for actual platform development. The Trumps’ interest is held largely through licensing and revenue‑sharing deals attached to the use of the Trump brand and to management and advisory roles, rather than through capital at risk. The story situates World Liberty Financial within a broader pattern in which the Trump family has extracted large, low‑risk gains from several crypto ventures while outside investors absorbed most of the losses. Previous reporting and public commentary have already highlighted that Trump‑linked digital asset projects, including World Liberty Financial’s governance token and a Trump meme coin, delivered hundreds of millions of dollars in income to the family even as token prices later collapsed, wiping out value for retail holders. By documenting how control of profit streams and fee arrangements concentrated returns overwhelmingly in Trump‑connected entities, the Reuters piece amplifies concerns about conflicts of interest, investor protection, governance transparency, and the use of political branding to monetize high‑risk financial products at scale.

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