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Forbes estimated the entity collected roughly $1 billion in total revenues during 2025.","confidence":"secondary","dateOccurred":"2025-03 to 2025-12","source":{"title":"Why No One Really Knows How Much Trump Is Making Right Now","url":"https://www.forbes.com/sites/danalexander/2025/10/15/why-no-one-really-knows-how-much-money-the-trumps-are-making-right-now/","publication":"Forbes"}},{"id":12065,"text":"DT Marks DEFI LLC owns approximately 60% of equity interests in WLF Holdco LLC as of March 2025, reduced from 75% in December 2024","confidence":"primary","dateOccurred":"2025-03-31","source":{"title":"World Liberty Financial website disclosures and Reuters reporting","url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/862861/000164117225024661/ex99-1.htm","publication":"Directed Inquiry — Web Search"}},{"id":32972,"text":"Between January and March 2025, investors purchased an estimated $440 million of WLFI tokens, with ~75% ($330 million) going to DT Marks DEFI LLC. In April 2025, DWF Labs purchased another $25 million, routing an estimated $19 million to DT Marks DEFI.","confidence":"secondary","dateOccurred":"2025-01 to 2025-04","source":{"title":"Why No One Really Knows How Much Trump Is Making Right Now","url":"https://www.forbes.com/sites/danalexander/2025/10/15/why-no-one-really-knows-how-much-money-the-trumps-are-making-right-now/","publication":"Forbes"}},{"id":32974,"text":"DT Marks DEFI LLC's stake in WLF Holdco dropped from 75% to ~60% between December 2024 and January 2025 — coinciding with Justin Sun's combined $75 million investment in WLFI tokens and the Trump family selling over $200 million in tokens during a 29-hour period before the inauguration.","confidence":"secondary","dateOccurred":"2025-01-19 to 2025-01-24","source":null},{"id":32968,"text":"In January 2025, a court-appointed independent monitor (Barbara Jones) overseeing the Trump Organization's finances as part of the New York fraud case was notified that the Trump family planned to sell a portion of DT Marks DEFI LLC to an unidentified third party. The price, size of stake, and identity of the buyer were not disclosed, and it remains unclear whether the deal closed.","confidence":"primary","dateOccurred":"2025-01-15","source":{"title":"Trump Secretly Sold Stake In Crypto Venture, Document Suggests","url":"https://www.forbes.com/sites/danalexander/2025/06/10/trump-secretly-sold-stake-in-crypto-venture-document-suggests/","publication":"Forbes"}},{"id":32963,"text":"Donald Trump owns 70% of DT Marks DEFI LLC, while unnamed family members — presumably Donald Trump Jr., Eric Trump, and Barron Trump — collectively own the remaining 30%, according to the president's financial disclosure report.","confidence":"primary","dateOccurred":"2025-01-01","source":null},{"id":32967,"text":"DT Marks DEFI LLC initially held a 75% equity stake in WLF Holdco LLC as of December 2024. This fell to approximately 60% by January 24, 2025, to approximately 40% by June 8-19, 2025, and to approximately 38% by February 2026.","confidence":"primary","dateOccurred":"2024-12 to 2026-02","source":null},{"id":12064,"text":"DT Marks DEFI LLC is described as 'an entity affiliated with Donald J. Trump and certain of his family members' in SEC filings","confidence":"primary","dateOccurred":"2024-10-20","source":{"title":"Eco.com guide and cryptocurrency news reports","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Liberty_Financial","publication":"Directed Inquiry — Web Search"}},{"id":32973,"text":"The first $30 million of WLFI token sale proceeds were designated as a reserve for operational expenses. DT Marks DEFI LLC's 75% share applied only to proceeds above this threshold.","confidence":"primary","dateOccurred":"2024-10-17","source":{"title":"CNBC: Trump family gets 75% of crypto coin revenue","url":"https://www.cnbc.com/2024/10/17/trump-crypto-project-allows-ex-president-family-to-make-75percent-of-revenue.html","publication":null}},{"id":32965,"text":"The services agreement provides that DT Marks DEFI LLC will use 'reasonable efforts to request the owners and principals of DT Marks DEFI LLC, including Donald Trump, to promote the WLF and the WLF Protocol from time to time' in exchange for the 75% revenue share and token allocation. The entity assumes zero operational liability.","confidence":"primary","dateOccurred":"2024-10-17","source":{"title":"Between the lines: World Liberty Financial gold paper","url":"https://www.axios.com/2024/10/17/between-the-lines-world-liberty-financial-gold-paper-crypto","publication":"Axios"}},{"id":32964,"text":"Under the WLF Gold Paper services agreement (published October 17, 2024), DT Marks DEFI LLC receives 75% of World Liberty Financial net protocol revenues — defined as all income from platform use fees, token sale proceeds, and advertising, after deducting agreed expenses and reserves — and 22.5 billion WLFI tokens (~22.4% of total supply).","confidence":"primary","dateOccurred":"2024-10-17","source":{"title":"CNBC: Trump family gets 75% of crypto coin revenue","url":"https://www.cnbc.com/2024/10/17/trump-crypto-project-allows-ex-president-family-to-make-75percent-of-revenue.html","publication":null}},{"id":32966,"text":"DT Marks DEFI LLC's registered address is the Trump Organization's executive office in Jupiter, Florida, according to SEC filings.","confidence":"primary","dateOccurred":"2024-10-15","source":{"title":"Trump, Associates Net $390 Million Payday From World Liberty Token Sale","url":"https://www.btcc.com/en/news/trump-associates-net-390-million-payday-from-world-liberty-token-sale","publication":"BTCC / Decrypt"}},{"id":32969,"text":"In July 2024, three new Delaware LLCs were registered using the initials of the three Trump sons: DJT Jr DEFI LLC (Donald Trump Jr.), ET DEFI LLC (Eric Trump), and BWT DEFI LLC (Barron William Trump), apparently to manage individual family members' interests in the DT Marks DEFI/WLF structure.","confidence":"primary","dateOccurred":"2024-07-15","source":null},{"id":32962,"text":"DT Marks DEFI LLC was originally formed as DT Tower II LLC by Donald J. Trump on January 4, 2016, in Delaware. Trump renamed it to DT Marks DEFI LLC around September 2024 to enter into the World Liberty Financial services agreement. Trump had owned 100% of the original entity.","confidence":"primary","dateOccurred":"2016-01-04","source":{"title":"Trump Secretly Sold Stake In Crypto Venture, Document Suggests","url":"https://www.forbes.com/sites/danalexander/2025/06/10/trump-secretly-sold-stake-in-crypto-venture-document-suggests/","publication":"Forbes"}},{"id":22552,"text":"Search scope note: No parliamentary records found for \"DT Marks DEFI LLC\" in automated database search as of 2026-04-23. This reflects search coverage limits, not confirmed absence from public record.","confidence":"inferential","dateOccurred":null,"source":null},{"id":22551,"text":"Search scope note: No court records found for \"DT Marks DEFI LLC\" in automated database search as of 2026-04-23. This reflects search coverage limits, not confirmed absence from public record.","confidence":"inferential","dateOccurred":null,"source":null},{"id":22550,"text":"Search scope note: No lobbying disclosures found for \"DT Marks DEFI LLC\" in automated database search as of 2026-04-23. This reflects search coverage limits, not confirmed absence from public record.","confidence":"inferential","dateOccurred":null,"source":null},{"id":22549,"text":"Search scope note: No corporate registrations found for \"DT Marks DEFI LLC\" in automated database search as of 2026-04-23. This reflects search coverage limits, not confirmed absence from public record.","confidence":"inferential","dateOccurred":null,"source":null},{"id":22548,"text":"Search scope note: No usaspending contracts found for \"DT Marks DEFI LLC\" in automated database search as of 2026-04-23. This reflects search coverage limits, not confirmed absence from public record.","confidence":"inferential","dateOccurred":null,"source":null},{"id":12066,"text":"DT Marks DEFI LLC is entitled to receive 75% of WLFI token sale proceeds after deduction of agreed reserves and expenses","confidence":"primary","dateOccurred":null,"source":{"title":"World Liberty Financial website and Fox Business reporting","url":"https://www.cnn.com/2026/02/01/politics/trump-family-crypto-world-liberty-financial-uae","publication":"Directed Inquiry — Web Search"}},{"id":12061,"text":"DT Marks DEFI LLC is structured to funnel 75% of net revenues from World Liberty Financial while insulating Trump family from operational liability","confidence":"primary","dateOccurred":null,"source":{"title":"Multiple sources including Eco.com support article","url":"https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/crypto/articles/world-liberty-financial-under-ethics-104055124.html","publication":"Directed Inquiry — Web Search"}},{"id":12059,"text":"DT Marks DEFI LLC owns approximately 60% of the equity interests in WLF Holdco LLC","confidence":"primary","dateOccurred":null,"source":{"title":"Company website disclosure and congressional testimony","url":"https://www.banking.senate.gov/newsroom/minority/warren-merkley-seek-world-liberty-financial-records-on-2-billion-trump-stablecoin-deal-involving-uae-firm-and-binance","publication":"Directed Inquiry — Web Search"}},{"id":12034,"text":"DT Marks DEFI LLC receives 75% of World Liberty Financial's net revenues with Donald Trump owning 70% and his family owning 30%","confidence":"primary","dateOccurred":null,"source":{"title":"DL News and crypto industry reports","url":"https://www.ainvest.com/news/trump-family-world-liberty-financial-high-risk-high-reward-play-defi-governance-tokens-2509/","publication":"Directed Inquiry — Web Search"}}],"connections":[{"id":9763,"relationshipType":"contractor","description":"Trump family entity owning ~60% of WLF Holdco LLC. 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