Witkoff reports $107M income from World Liberty Financial
World Liberty Financial (WLFI)
Crypto Briefing reports that Steve Witkoff disclosed $107 million in income for 2025, a sharp increase from the $34 million he reported the previous year. This figure stems largely from his role as a co-founder of World Liberty Financial, a digital asset company established in 2024 alongside the Trump family. His son, Zach Witkoff, serves as the company's CEO, which issues a governance token and a stablecoin named USD1.
The disclosure highlights a potential conflict of interest, as Witkoff acted as the Trump administration’s special envoy for peace while his family entity benefited from token sales and a stake sale to UAE-linked entities. Financial disclosures reveal that a Trump-linked entity is entitled to 75% of net proceeds from certain token sales. Earlier sales of WLFI tokens reportedly generated approximately $130 million for Witkoff family-associated entities.
The $107 million total flows through a holding company that consolidates income from multiple sources, though the specific split between World Liberty Financial and other interests is not detailed. In Washington, this situation draws scrutiny because Witkoff has not yet fully divested from these holdings. The USD1 stablecoin is particularly notable as it enters a period of intense regulatory debate regarding federal licensing frameworks. Profit-sharing agreements ensure that revenue continues to flow through family-linked entities regardless of ongoing divestment discussions.
How the market reacted
Whalio's own Binance spot order flow for WLFI, measured when this story was written up on 8 September 2026. Not the outlet's figures.
WLFI is trading at $0.05640 with a 24-hour spot volume of $4,425,871 across 23,325 trades. Buying pressure is currently fading, as the 1-hour buy ratio of 39.7% and the 4-hour ratio of 43.8% both sit below the 24-hour average of 40.5%. This indicates that sellers are gaining control in the short term, a trend confirmed by negative volume deltas of -$15,653 over one hour and -$52,359 over four hours. The cumulative volume delta over the last 24 hours stands at -$836,388, with a CVD of -$273,369 at close. Net buying occurred for only 7 of the last 24 hours, suggesting that the majority of the session was dominated by net selling activity.
The latest daily buy ratio of 43.5% sits at the 10th percentile of the last 322 days, against a median of 47.8% - weaker buying than most days.
Was that an ordinary day?
The same Binance spot measurements for WLFI, averaged over the days leading up to the story.
Over the preceding week, WLFI experienced a price decline of 1.7% and recorded a total volume delta of -$4,997,620. This recent daily performance is slightly weaker than the weekly norm, with the latest day’s buy ratio averaging 3.0 percentage points below the 7-day average of 43.5%. Trading volume remains consistent with historical levels, measuring at 0.99 times the weekly average. Unlike the previous six days, today was not a day of net buying, marking it as an unusual deviation from the prior week's pattern where net buying occurred on zero of the seven days.