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ALT5 Sigma Completes $1.5 Billion Financing to Hold 7.5% of WLFI in Corporate Treasury

Kraken will oversee the token holdings in a Nasdaq-listed treasury that has drawn fresh oversight questions

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World Liberty Financial cofounders Zach Witkoff (left) and Eric Trump.
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Trump-backed ALT5 Sigma completes $1.5 billion funding to initiate WLFI treasury strategy

Overview

  • The dual offering sold 100 million shares to institutional investors for cash and 100 million in a private placement funded with WLFI tokens, all at $7.50 each
  • The deal gives ALT5 control of roughly 7.5% of WLFI’s 100 billion-token supply for its corporate treasury
  • Kraken has been named asset manager for the newly formed WLFI treasury strategy
  • World Liberty CEO Zach Witkoff becomes ALT5 chairman and Eric Trump joins the board, with Zak Folkman as board observer and Matt Morgan as chief investment officer
  • WLFI is slated to unlock for early backers after a governance vote approved tradability, a change that has rekindled conflict-of-interest and regulatory concerns