<p>Eric Trump, son of the US President, announced that Trump family-backed crypto platform World Liberty Financial (WLF) plans to acquire a significant amount of the Official Trump memecoin following his endorsement of the token.</p><p>Some users in the crypto community were surprised that Official Trump (<a>TRUMP</a>) didn’t see a stronger price reaction.</p><p>“I am proud to announce the $TRUMP Meme Coin has aligned with @WorldLibertyFi,” Trump <a>said</a> in a June 6 X post.</p><h2>Eric Trump says WLF to acquire “substantial amount” </h2><p>“We’re proud to announce that World Liberty Financial plans to acquire a substantial position in $TRUMP for their Long-Term Treasury,” he said. Minutes after Trump published the X post, Official Trump’s price jumped 6.40%, before retracing to $10.10 at the time of publication, <a>according</a> to CoinMarketCap data. It is ranked as the 45th largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization, currently valued at $2.03 billion.</p><figure><img alt=’Official Trump is down 8.65% over the past 30 days. Source: CoinMarketCap’ src=’https://ipowercrypto.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/01974830-ca7a-759a-96ee-482e8fa954af.png’/></figure><p>Some crypto commentators were skeptical that the news didn’t drive a stronger price increase. Crypto commentator Pluid <a>said</a> in a June 6 X post, “The coin hasn’t pumped on this news – not a good sign at all.”</p><p>It comes just weeks after the top 220 holders of Trump’s memecoin <a>met at the president’s golf course</a> in Virginia on May 23 for an exclusive dinner and purported meet-and-greet.</p><h2>Eric Trump shuts down Trump memecoin wallet</h2><p>Trump also dismissed the Official Trump Wallet launch following controversy earlier this month. “Although their meme wallet isn’t moving forward, they remain focused on building the most exciting MEME on earth – $Trump,” he said. </p><p>The controversy began on June 3, when <a>non-fungible token marketplace Magic Eden</a> and the team behind the <a>president’s memecoin</a>, Official Trump, both said that they were linking up to launch “the Official $TRUMP Wallet.” </p><p><em><strong>Related: </strong></em><a><em><strong>Trump Media files for spot Bitcoin ETF approval from SEC</strong></em></a></p><p>Eric Trump responded at the time, stating that the wallet “is not authorized by Trump” and warned Magic Eden to “be extremely careful using our name in a project that has not been approved and is unknown to anyone in our organization.”</p><p>Donald Trump Jr. later clarified that the family’s crypto platform “will be launching our official wallet soon.”</p><p>Eric Trump, who is known for his pro-crypto stance, also spoke at the <a>Consensus conference in Toronto on May 15</a>, saying that from families to government funds, “everybody in the world is trying to hoard Bitcoin right now.”</p><p><em><strong>Magazine: </strong></em><a><em><strong>Baby boomers worth $79T are finally getting on board with Bitcoin</strong></em></a></p><template data-name=’subscription_form’ data-type=’crypto_biz’ label=’Subscription Form: Crypto Biz Newsletter’></template>
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