UAE Firm Acquires 49% Stake in Trump-Linked Crypto Firm World Liberty

World Liberty Financial, a cryptocurrency firm previously majority-owned by the Trump family, has sold a 49% stake to UAE-based Aryam Investment in a deal reportedly valued at $500 million, as reported by the Financial Times, Wall Street Journal and CNBC. The agreement was signed four days before President Donald Trump’s second inauguration, at a time when the company had no active products on the market.

World Liberty Financial, which had originally been 75% owned by the Trump family, is linked to the launch of the USD1 stablecoin but does not grant Aryam Investment rights to the WLFI token. Aryam Investment is backed by Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the UAE’s national security adviser and a brother of President Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan.

Sheikh Tahnoon also chairs MGX and G42, both of which are active in artificial intelligence and advanced technology investments. In March 2025, MGX made a $2 billion investment in Binance, settling the transaction using World Liberty Financial’s newly launched USD1 stablecoin.