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Washington D.C. – On Thursday, President Trump’s cryptocurrency project World Liberty Financial Inc. (WLFI) issued a joint statement with United Arab Emirates-based cryptocurrency fund Aqua 1 Foundation announcing that Aqua 1 had purchased $100 million in $WLFI Tokens. A review from government watchdog Accountable.US found that Aqua 1 Foundation’s website was only registered in late May 2025 and joined X/Twitter in June 2025, shortly after President Trump visited the UAE and touted “over $200 billion in commercial deals” between the U.S. and the UAE, where the Trump Organization has a “luxury hotel.” Strangely, Dave Lee, who claims to be Aqua 1’s Co-Founder, has a minimal footprint on X.

Accountable.US Executive Director Tony Carrk: “Even among an already long list of shady Trump business dealings overseas, this one stands out as particularly fishy. Congress should question what this fly-by-night United Arab Emirates fund that popped up shortly after President Trump’s Middle East trip wants in return for its $100 million tribute to a Trump family crypto venture. It’s the latest alarming case of foreign actors with hidden agendas buying influence over Donald Trump through his loosely regulated and opaque crypto ventures that are a magnet for corruption. The potential for these foreign bribe-like investments in Trump’s company to turn into administration favors at the American peoples’ expense is too great to ignore. Guardrails are desperately needed.”

President Trump’s Ever-Expanding Crypto Ventures Around the World Cry for More Oversight and Accountability from Congress: Accountable.US has continued to document how the sprawling Trump family crypto ventures allow for foreign and corporate influence while setting the stage for self-dealing and administration favors to wealthy special interests that could come at the expense of American working people and our national security. With the President announcing new deals seemingly every week rather than fully divesting from his crypto interests, there is no limit to the potential corruption for the Pay to Play Administration:

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