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Institutions & ETFs · 1 min read

ALT5 Sigma Stock Drops 96% Following Treasury Deal With World Liberty Financial

Shares plunged from $8.97 to $0.35 as leadership and political ties link the treasury operator directly to the Trump-backed crypto venture.

Editorial oversight: Julian Mercer, Chief Editor
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$WLFI $0.0539 −5.5%

At a glance Announced

What happened
ALT5 Sigma shares fell 96% from $8.97 to $0.35 following the announcement of a deal with World Liberty Financial.
Why it matters
The drop exposes heavy volatility around entities tied to the Trump family's decentralized finance initiative.
Who is affected
ALT5 Sigma equity holders and World Liberty Financial leadership.
What's next
No next step announced.
Primary source
protos.com: Trump-associated ALT5 Sigma down 96% since WLFI deal

Key points

  • ALT5 Sigma's stock dropped 96% from $8.97 to $0.35 after announcing a deal with World Liberty Financial.
  • World Liberty Financial CEO Zach Witkoff serves as ALT5 Sigma's chairman, while co-founder Zachary Folkman is a director.
  • ALT5 Sigma's holdings of WLFI tokens unlocked and became transferable in August.

Shares of digital asset treasury firm ALT5 Sigma fell 96% following the announcement of its partnership with World Liberty Financial 1. The company, operated by AI Financial Corporation, saw its equity tumble from $8.97 prior to the announcement to $0.35 1. At the time of writing, the project's native token $WLFI traded at $0.0538, down 5.5% over the past 24 hours.

The sharp drawdown highlights extensive corporate overlaps between ALT5 Sigma and World Liberty Financial 1. Eric Trump previously served as a board observer at ALT5 Sigma, while World Liberty co-founder Zachary Folkman sits as a director on ALT5 Sigma's board 1. In addition, World Liberty chief executive Zach Witkoff serves as ALT5 Sigma's chairman; his father, Steve Witkoff, is Donald Trump's special envoy to the Middle East 1.

ALT5 Sigma previously held a treasury allocation of $WLFI tokens that became transferable after unlocking in August 1. The steep equity drop followed the Friday disclosure formalizing its treasury integration with World Liberty Financial 1.

The firm also surfaced earlier in a criminal indictment involving Mugan Markets, a foreign exchange brokerage for which ALT5 Sigma operated as a virtual asset service provider 1. The indictment noted the company strictly in its capacity as an infrastructure service provider and did not allege any legal misconduct by ALT5 Sigma 1.

Sources

  1. [1] Trump-associated ALT5 Sigma down 96% since WLFI deal — protos.com, October 19, 2026

Written by Basis Desk's newsroom system from the primary sources above and machine-verified against them before publication. Market figures marked "at the time of writing" come from live exchange data. Report an error: corrections@basisdesk.news · corrections policy.

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