Trump family-backed crypto project World Liberty Financial (WLFI) has added 4.89 million SEI tokens

The Trump family-backed crypto project World Liberty Financial (WLFI) has added 4.89 million SEI tokens valued at $775,000 to its portfolio

World Liberty Financial (WLFI), the crypto project backed by the Trump family, has added 4.89 million SEI tokens, valued at $775,000, to its portfolio, according to onchain data.

Onchain data from blockchain analytics firm Arkham Intelligence showed the purchase was made on April 12 by one of WLFI’s trading wallets using USDC transferred from the project’s main wallet.

The same trading wallet was previously used by WLFI to trade and accumulate other altcoins such as Tron (TRX), Ondo Finance (ONDO), Avalanche (AVAX) and Bitcoin (BTC).

According to blockchain researcher Lookonchain, WLFI has spent a total of $346.8 million accumulating 11 different tokens, but as of April 12, it has yet to see a profit on any of them.

Moreover, the project’s Ethereum (ETH) investments alone are currently down over $114 million. Overall, Lookonchain says WLFI’s portfolio is down $145.8 million.

Only two months ago, in a Feb. 3 X post, Donald Trump’s son, Eric Trump, urged his followers to buy Ether, writing: “In my opinion, it’s a great time to add $ETH.” Originally, the tweet also included “you can thank me later,” but it was edited to remove those five words.

At the time of writing, data from CoinGecko showed ETH’s price had fallen 55% since Eric Trump’s tweet, currently trading at $1,611, down from the Feb. 3 close of $2,879.

Meanwhile, an icon for WLFI’s stablecoin, USD1, has appeared on Coinbase, Binance and the crypto aggregator website CoinMarketCap in what appears to be the coin’s unofficial logo unveiling.

Trump’s involvement with USD1 has attracted criticism from lawmakers on both sides of US politics. At an April 2 US House Financial Services Committee hearing on stablecoin legislation, Democratic Representative Maxine Waters suggested President Trump may be ultimately planning to use USD1 to replace the US dollar.

“Trump likely wants the entire government to use stablecoins, from payments made by the Department of Housing and Urban Development to Social Security payments to paying taxes. And which coin do you think Trump would replace the dollar with? His own, of course.”

The committee’s Republican chair, French Hill, aired similar concerns.

“If there is no effort to block the president of the United States of America from owning his stablecoin business [...] I will never be able to agree on supporting this bill, and I would ask other members not to be enablers.”