Trump Family Crypto Company Offers Special Access for $5M Investment

World Liberty Financial, the cryptocurrency company co-founded by President Trump and his sons, is providing exclusive access to company executives for investors who commit $5 million in tokens for six months. The arrangement creates a premium tier of investors called "Super Nodes" despite the company's earlier promises to democratize financial access.

A cryptocurrency company co-founded by President Trump and his sons is providing exclusive access to company executives for investors willing to commit $5 million worth of tokens for a six-month period.

World Liberty Financial describes this arrangement on its website as “guaranteed direct access” to select team members in exchange for voting privileges. The company’s documentation identifies Trump’s sons Eric, Donald Jr., and Barron as part of the “Supporting Team,” though the company states Trump himself and other family members are excluded from the access program.

Token holders concluded voting on Thursday, with the company reporting 99% approval from 1,786 ballots cast, according to World Liberty’s website. Reuters was unable to verify these numbers independently or determine how many individual token holders participated.

The arrangement, first published on the company’s website February 25, establishes a premium class of token holders, seemingly contradicting earlier public commitments to democratize financial access.

World Liberty refers to investors who lock up $5 million in tokens as “Super Nodes,” representing the highest tier outlined in their proposal.

Company spokesperson David Wachsman explained that “Super Nodes” receive “preferential access to the World Liberty Financial business development team and executives – not to specific founders – to discuss partnership opportunities.” However, the original February proposal promised “Super Nodes” would receive “guaranteed direct access to the WLFI team” for “partnership discussions.”

When asked about the difference between “guaranteed” and “preferential” access, Wachsman avoided addressing the distinction directly, stating only: “Super Nodes grant access to World Liberty Financial’s business development team.”

A “Meet our team” section on World Liberty’s website previously featured Eric Trump, Donald Trump Jr., and Barron Trump among others. After Reuters inquired about the proposal, this entire section disappeared from the website.

Wachsman claimed the website undergoes constant “upgrades” and insisted “any recent changes” were unconnected to Reuters’ investigation.

Partnership discussions will be handled by World Liberty’s business development and compliance teams, Wachsman stated separately. “WLFI does not arrange or facilitate access to any individuals outside of those teams as part of the Super Node program,” he said. “Being a Super Node doesn’t guarantee a partnership. It means being taken seriously in a process with rigorous standards behind it.”

According to the company’s website, this offer aims to “incentivize more significant participation in governance” of the crypto venture, which generated over $460 million for President Trump’s family in just the first half of 2025, based on Reuters’ analysis. Token holders must “stake” their WLFI tokens – locking them from trading for 180 days – before gaining voting rights on company governance issues. Participants in at least two votes receive a 2% yield paid in WLFI tokens.

“Super Nodes” must stake 50 million WLFI tokens, valued at approximately $5 million according to crypto data site CoinGecko.

Congressional opposition members, government ethics specialists, and academics have highlighted concerns about the president’s family profiting enormously from cryptocurrency while he reduces regulatory oversight of crypto companies. Trump now leads a government whose decisions directly impact World Liberty – including the company’s current application for a U.S. banking license under Trump’s administration. Trump’s Special Envoy Steve Witkoff and his sons also founded World Liberty and appeared on the company’s team listing. Wachsman confirmed the Super Node program excludes access to Witkoff family members as well.

World Liberty’s business structure directs 75% of all new token sales to President Trump’s family, meaning $5 million token purchasers effectively send $3.75 million to the Trumps. Previous terms allocated 12.5% of new token sales to the Witkoffs (effectively $625,000), though current terms specify only an unspecified portion of a 25% stake.

White House Counsel David Warrington responded to Reuters: “The President has no involvement in business deals that would implicate his constitutional responsibilities. President Trump performs his constitutional duties in an ethically sound manner and to suggest so otherwise is either ill-informed or malicious.” Warrington added that Steve Witkoff “like all Administration officials, takes seriously his compliance with the government ethics rules. As Special Envoy for Peace Missions, he has not and does not participate in any official matters that could impact his financial interests. He has also divested from World Liberty Financial, notwithstanding his ability and willingness to recuse.”

The access provided through these new “staking” measures represents a shift from World Liberty’s original public messaging, according to a review of the company’s statements. When launched one month before the 2024 presidential election, executives promised to bring cryptocurrency to ordinary people – teachers, dentists, and firefighters – through a mobile application and token holder governance.

Previously, WLFI token holders could vote on changes to the company’s underlying code, with each token providing one vote. They could also express approval or disapproval of the venture’s “directions and plans,” according to World Liberty’s “Gold Paper” venture summary.

With the measure’s passage, voting rights now belong exclusively to holders of staked tokens – either previously purchased or newly acquired tokens locked from use for six months.