ALT5 Sigma Announces $1.5 Billion Deal to Buy Trump Family’s WLFI Cryptocurrency

TLDR

• ALT5 Sigma plans to sell $1.5 billion in shares to buy WLFI tokens from Trump family’s World Liberty Financial
• ALT5 will hold 7.5% of total WLFI supply after the transaction closes on August 12
• World Liberty CEO Zach Witkoff becomes ALT5 chairman while Eric Trump joins the board
• Deal splits into $750 million cash offering and $750 million private placement paid in WLFI tokens
• ALT5 follows MicroStrategy’s model of using corporate treasury to hold cryptocurrency assets

ALT5 Sigma Corp has announced plans to purchase $1.5 billion worth of WLFI tokens from World Liberty Financial, the cryptocurrency venture controlled by the Trump family. The deal represents one of the largest corporate cryptocurrency acquisitions of 2025.

$ALTS ALT5 Sigma Corporation Announces $1.5 Billion Registered Direct Offering and Concurrent Private Placement to Initiate World Liberty Financial $WLFI Treasury Strategy

With @ZachWitkoff and @EricTrump on the board

100 million shares at $7.50/share:https://t.co/kqYAfXKyji pic.twitter.com/8QHu0ouk72

— Filing Tracker (@FilingsTracker) August 11, 2025

The publicly traded technology company will issue 200 million new shares to fund the purchase. Half of these shares will be sold directly to institutional investors for $7.50 each, raising $750 million in cash. The remaining 100 million shares will be issued in a private placement to World Liberty Financial in exchange for WLFI tokens valued at $750 million.

The transaction will leave ALT5 holding 7.5% of the total WLFI token supply in its corporate treasury. WLFI tokens were recently trading at $0.3659 according to CoinGecko data. The financing deal is expected to close on August 12.

World Liberty Financial launched in September 2024 when President Trump unveiled the venture during a livestream from Mar-a-Lago. The company has generated $550 million from global investors through WLFI token sales. World Liberty also offers a stablecoin designed to maintain a constant $1 price.

Leadership Changes at ALT5

As part of the agreement, World Liberty CEO Zach Witkoff will become chairman of ALT5’s board of directors. Eric Trump, the president’s son, will join as a board director. Co-founder Zak Folkman will serve as a board observer while crypto investor Matt Morgan takes the role of chief investment officer.

ALT5 operates from Las Vegas and provides blockchain-powered technologies for trading and payment services. The company has roughly 1,900 corporate clients and reported estimated revenue between $11.5 and $12.5 million for the first half of 2025. ALT5 runs crypto payment platform ALT5 Pay and over-the-counter trading desk ALT5 Prime, claiming over $5 billion in processed digital asset transactions.

Following the MicroStrategy Model

ALT5’s move follows a trend established by MicroStrategy, now called Strategy, which has built a Bitcoin stockpile worth over $75 billion. Strategy’s stock price has risen alongside Bitcoin’s value as the cryptocurrency reached record highs. The company’s market value of roughly $115 billion exceeds the value of its crypto holdings.

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This corporate treasury strategy gives traditional investors exposure to cryptocurrency without requiring digital wallets or exchange accounts. Several public companies have adopted similar approaches during the current crypto market rally.

ALT5 will use cash proceeds from the share sale to fund crypto treasury operations and purchase additional WLFI tokens. The company also plans to pay down existing debt, settle litigation matters, and increase working capital.

Founded in 2018, ALT5 Sigma operates both cryptocurrency services and a separate biotechnology business. The company’s partnership with World Liberty Financial represents a major expansion of the Trump family’s crypto empire.

World Liberty Financial declined to provide additional comments about the transaction. Representatives for ALT5 did not immediately respond to requests for comment. The deal closed on August 12 as scheduled.