The Wall Street Journal: WLFI may surpass real estate as the Trump family's most valuable asset.

The Trump family has officially launched trading for the DeFi project World Liberty Financial (WLFI), resulting in a sudden increase in their wealth to over 5 billion dollars. The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) points out that this emerging wealth from the encryption sector may have become their most valuable asset, surpassing the real estate empire built over the past few decades.

From real estate empire to encryption giant, WLFI has become Trump's printing machine.

The Trump family has been known for decades for their real estate investments in New York and around the world. However, with the launch of WLFI trading, the situation has completely changed. CMC data shows that WLFI's opening market value once approached a peak of $9.86 billion, and the current market value is approximately $5.5 billion.

The WSJ pointed out that the family-held WLFI tokens account for about a quarter of the total issuance, while the tokens held by founders, advisors, and team members remain locked. Although they cannot be sold, the open trading provides actual value to their holdings:

WLFI is now likely to become the most valuable asset of the Trump family, surpassing their decades-long accumulated real estate investment portfolio.

Reports indicate that even though the Trump family has continued to engage in real estate transactions around the world since taking office, the rapidly developing encryption business has still had a tremendous impact on their wealth.

In addition, the Trump family also holds a value of approximately several billion dollars in TRUMP meme coins, as well as a stake in Trump Media with a market value of about 2.5 billion dollars.

( Trump family WLFI will open tomorrow, with a market capitalization of 33 billion dollars, making it the sixth largest encryption currency! Early investors have seen a valuation increase of 22 times ).

WLFI Crazy First Day: Early Investors Earn Tens of Times Profit

WLFI sparked market frenzy on its first day at the exchange. According to CMC data, it recorded over $1 billion in trading volume within just one hour. The opening price on major exchanges was around $0.3, and it has now dropped to about $0.22, close to the previous pre-contract price.

At the current price level, early investors from last year, such as Tron founder Justin Sun, who invested at the first round presale price of $0.015, have already seen profits of several times.

For the Trump family, their wealth has also risen significantly. The WSJ further stated that this issuance might be the Trump family's biggest financial success since he took office as president.

( WLFI officially listed, Sun Yuchen received 600 million floating profits exceeding 100 million USD, stating there are no plans to sell ).

Trump Strategy: Promoting the "encryption American Dream" with WLFI

The success of WLFI is not accidental. Trump vigorously promoted the project during his campaign, claiming it could help "Make America Great Again." After entering the White House, he relaxed encryption regulations, and from the crypto-friendly attitudes of his close aides to the signing of multiple bills, he opened up greater development space for cryptocurrencies.

The WLFI team claims that WLFI is not simply a "meme coin," but will become an ecological token with governance functions in the future, with applications including the USD1 stablecoin and a mobile app.

Conflicts of interest and sustainability are the biggest concerns.

Despite the enormous paper wealth brought by WLFI, criticism from the outside world continues to grow. Some question whether the project could become a tool that influences White House decisions. Although the White House spokesperson emphasized that the Trump family "is not involved in any conflicts of interest," there are still questions about its connections with encryption industry figures.

The emergence of WLFI has not only changed the wealth structure of the Trump family but also demonstrated the influence of encryption in contemporary politics and economics. It may be the most valuable asset of the Trump family over the years, but in a highly volatile and politically controversial environment, whether this "encryption empire" can be stabilized has become a global focal point.

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