WLFI Rallies After WSJ Reveals UAE Royal Bought 49% Stake in Trump-Linked Firm

World Liberty Financial’s WLFI token rose by as much as 15% on Monday, Feb. 2, before giving back some gains.

WLFI is currently trading at around $0.13, up roughly 11% over the past 24 hours, according to CoinGecko, after touching $0.135 earlier in the morning. The rally comes after a Wall Street Journal investigation revealed over the weekend that a prominent royal from the United Arab Emirates acquired a 49% stake in the crypto venture just days before President Donald Trump’s 2025 inauguration.

Roughly $250 million was paid upfront by lieutenants to Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed Al Nahyan, national security advisor and brother of the UAE’s president, with $187 million sent to Trump-affiliated entities, according to the Journal.

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