On-chain information revealed that the U.S. Donald Trump family-backed World Liberty Finance ($WLFI) sold 73 Wrapped Bitcoin (WBTC) on Thursday. The agency sold the belongings for $5.04 million in USD Coin (USDC) at $69,000 per WBTC.
In accordance with Arkham information, $WLFI offloaded the belongings in 2 batches. The primary batch sold for $2.77 million, whereas the second sold for roughly $2.28 million.
$WLFI seeks to rebalance its digital asset portfolio by gross sales of WBTC
Trump’s World Liberty (@worldlibertyfi) simply sold 73 WBTC($5.04M) at $69,000.https://t.co/0qWkRUhTQb pic.twitter.com/AQo7jMkshw
— Lookonchain (@lookonchain) February 5, 2026
$WLFI had final sold about 93.77 WBTC in late January, which was value roughly $8 million at the time. The agency revealed that the proceeds had been used to buy roughly 2,868 $ETH at $2,813 per token.
The Trump-family-backed agency additionally transformed 13.56 WBTC value roughly $1.3 million into Ethereum in early January. The transfer got here as $WLFI had swapped 162.69 WBTC value round $14.98 million at the time from the Aave lending protocol, which coincides with the latest WBTC gross sales.
On-chain information revealed that shortly after the $WLFI Strategic Reserve withdrew WBTC from Aave, the tackle instantly sold roughly 27.1 WBTC, value round $2.5 million, for 770.6 Wrapped Ethereum (WETH) by way of Cowswap. Previous to this withdrawal, the agency additionally added 7,900 $ETH ($21 million), 162.69 WBTC ($17.91 million), and 5,000 stETH ($13.31 million) into Aave V3.
$WLFI’s latest gross sales are a part of an lively on-chain rebalancing of digital belongings by its Strategic Reserve. $WLFI’s sale of WBTC for Ethereum comes as $ETH is buying and selling practically 10% in the final 24 hours, presently exchanging palms at round $1,931 at the time of publication.
The World Liberty Finance got here underneath scrutiny from lawmakers at a Home Monetary Companies Committee listening to on Wednesday. Throughout the listening to, Consultant Gregory Meeks questioned U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent about $WLFI’s hyperlinks to the United Arab Emirates.ndin
$WLFI comes underneath scrutiny for its earlier investments
Meeks’ question stemmed from a latest Wall Road Journal report that exposed an funding entity backed by Emirati Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed Al Nahyan had acquired a 49% stake in $WLFI for $500 million. The transaction got here underneath query as a result of it occurred simply days earlier than Trump’s inauguration in January 2025.
Trump had beforehand denied any information of the funding. The settlement was signed by Eric Trump, and Trump additionally implied that oversight of the undertaking rests together with his household.
The WSJ reported $187 million of the funding went to Trump family-backed entities. $31 million was additionally allotted to entities tied to the household of Steve Witkoff, $WLFI’s co-founder and present U.S. Particular Envoy to the Center East.
The probe into $WLFI comes because it filed an utility in January with the Workplace of the Comptroller of the Forex to determine a financial institution constitution. Meeks urged Bessent to pause any financial institution constitution linked to $WLFI till an investigation into the agency’s conflicts of curiosity is full.
Bessent, who leads the Treasury’s Monetary Stability Oversight Council, argued that the OCC is an unbiased entity. Meeks instructed Bessent to cease masking for the President.
U.S. Consultant Ro Khanna additionally despatched a proper letter demanding possession data, cost particulars, and inside communications from World Liberty Finance. He framed the inquiry round potential conflicts of curiosity, nationwide safety dangers tied to AI chip export controls. He additionally sought to know the function of $WLFI’s USDI stablecoin in a separate $2 billion Binance funding.
Khanna questioned the small print of the reported Emirati funding and whether or not $187 million flowed to Trump family-linked entities. He additionally requested whether or not any further funds had been made to associates of $WLFI’s co-founders. Lawmakers additionally requested the agency’s capitalization tables, revenue distributions, board appointment data, and supplies tied to Aryam Funding 1.
