Named insiders, supporters, and related-party actors.

WLFI role: Cofounder Emeritus in official WLFI materials

Status note: Gold Paper footnote says removed upon taking office; Gold Paper disclaimer says Trump family are not officers/directors/founders/employees/managers/owners/operators of WLF or the WLF Platform.

Background: U.S. president and Trump brand principal. DT Marks DEFI LLC services include efforts to request promotion by owners/principals including Donald Trump and license name, image, and likeness rights.

Beneficiary tie: Named in the DT Marks DEFI LLC service-agreement section; DT Marks is allocated 22.5B WLFI and 75% of defined net protocol revenues.

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WLFI role: Cofounder in official WLFI materials

Status note: Named in Gold Paper and MiCA project-implementation table; also covered by the Gold Paper Trump-family disclaimer.

Background: Trump Organization executive and public political/business figure.

Beneficiary tie: Tied through the Trump-family / DT Marks DEFI LLC beneficiary lane rather than individually itemized token holdings in the official docs.

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WLFI role: Cofounder in official WLFI materials

Status note: Named in official WLFI team tables; BusinessWire also names him in ALT5 board appointments.

Background: Trump Organization executive and ALT5-linked board participant after the WLFI treasury strategy announcement.

Beneficiary tie: Tied through the Trump-family / DT Marks DEFI LLC beneficiary lane; also relevant to the ALT5 governance network.

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WLFI role: Cofounder in official WLFI materials

Status note: Named in Gold Paper and MiCA project-implementation table; no verified public social profile was added.

Background: Trump family member named by WLF as a project cofounder. Public background details are intentionally kept narrow.

Beneficiary tie: Tied through the Trump-family / DT Marks DEFI LLC beneficiary lane in the source set.

WLFI role: Cofounder Emeritus in official WLFI materials

Status note: Gold Paper says removed upon taking office; MiCA lists him in the implementation table.

Background: Real estate developer and Witkoff family principal. The official docs connect WC Digital Fi LLC to Steve Witkoff and certain family members.

Beneficiary tie: WC Digital Fi LLC shares 7.5B WLFI and 25% net protocol revenue with AMG.

WLFI role: Cofounder in official WLFI materials

Status note: Named in Gold Paper and MiCA project-implementation table; BusinessWire names him in ALT5 governance roles.

Background: Witkoff family member and WLFI-linked executive. ALT5 materials identify him in leadership around the WLFI treasury strategy.

Beneficiary tie: Relevant to WC Digital Fi and ALT5 relationship mapping; official docs do not itemize a personal WLFI allocation.

WLFI role: Cofounder in official WLFI materials

Status note: Named in Gold Paper and MiCA project-implementation table.

Background: Witkoff family member. The available source set provides a role but limited individual background.

Beneficiary tie: Potentially connected through the WC Digital Fi LLC family-affiliate lane; no personal token amount was found in official docs.

WLFI role: Cofounder, Director, Executive Director

Status note: MiCA names him as management body member and project implementer; Gold Paper names him as cofounder.

Background: World Liberty Financial cofounder. Gold Paper says AMG is wholly owned by Chase Herro and Zachary Folkman.

Beneficiary tie: AMG shares 7.5B WLFI and 25% net protocol revenue with WC Digital Fi.

WLFI role: Cofounder, Director, Executive Director

Status note: MiCA names him as management body member and project implementer; Gold Paper names him as cofounder.

Background: World Liberty Financial cofounder. Gold Paper says AMG is wholly owned by Chase Herro and Zachary Folkman.

Beneficiary tie: AMG shares 7.5B WLFI and 25% net protocol revenue with WC Digital Fi.

WLFI role: Early advisor; later Chief Technology Officer

Status note: Named in Gold Paper and MiCA project-implementation table as CTO; early launch coverage also quotes WLFI introducing him as an advisor.

Background: Technical lead in the official WLFI source set and Dolomite-linked DeFi builder in launch coverage.

Beneficiary tie: Included in the team/advisors/service-provider allocation lane, but no individual token amount was found in official docs.

WLFI role: Early advisor; later Head of Growth

Status note: Named in Gold Paper and MiCA project-implementation table as Head of Growth; early launch coverage quotes WLFI welcoming him to the advisory team.

Background: Growth lead in the official WLFI source set. Launch coverage ties him to Tomo Wallet, Ankr, and PrimeBlock.

Beneficiary tie: Included in the team/advisors/service-provider allocation lane, but no individual token amount was found in official docs.

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WLFI role: Reported early advisor

Status note: Timeline coverage quotes a September 5, 2024 WLFI advisor announcement. He was not itemized in the official Gold Paper/MiCA team list captured for this build.

Background: Founder of Web3 Antivirus and PixelPlex in launch coverage, presented by WLFI as a blockchain security and custom L1/L2 builder.

Beneficiary tie: Advisor lane only. No individual WLFI allocation, equity interest, or fee arrangement was found in the reviewed sources.

WLFI role: Reported early advisor

Status note: The official Telegram mirror preserves WLFI's CryptOgle advisor spotlight and links it to the official X announcement.

Background: Cybersecurity and recovery figure. WLFI claimed he recovered more than $400M in crypto from major hacks and identified him as a Glue co-founder.

Beneficiary tie: Advisor/security lane only. No individual WLFI allocation, equity interest, or fee arrangement was found in the reviewed sources.

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WLFI role: Reported early advisor

Status note: Timeline coverage quotes a September 13, 2024 WLFI advisor announcement; WLFI's Medium post later quotes him as a Polychain Capital advisor to WLFI.

Background: General Partner at Polychain Capital in the reviewed source set, associated with cryptography, zero-knowledge technology, and DeFi infrastructure.

Beneficiary tie: Advisor lane only. No individual WLFI allocation, equity interest, or fee arrangement was found in the reviewed sources.

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WLFI role: Reported early advisor

Status note: The official Telegram mirror preserves WLFI's Sandy Peng advisor post and links it to the official X announcement.

Background: Co-founder of Scroll in the reviewed source set, presented by WLFI as bringing Ethereum scaling, open-source project, investor, and operator experience.

Beneficiary tie: Advisor/Scroll integration lane only. No individual WLFI allocation, equity interest, or fee arrangement was found in the reviewed sources.

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WLFI role: Reported early advisor

Status note: The official Telegram mirror preserves WLFI's Matt Morgan advisor post and timeline coverage quotes the September 24, 2024 announcement.

Background: CEO of Mixie Studios and Mixie Media in launch coverage. WLFI claimed he was a Telegram game developer since 2016 with crypto venture scaling/exits over $1B.

Beneficiary tie: Advisor/brand and distribution lane only. No individual WLFI allocation, equity interest, or fee arrangement was found in the reviewed sources.

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WLFI role: Reported legal counsel / personal advisor lead

Status note: CoinDesk reported that prelaunch white paper excerpts listed Golubitsky as legal counsel; Protos later reported he continued as a personal advisor after MetaLeX's work concluded.

Background: MetaLeX Pro legal/governance figure in the reviewed reporting. This is treated as a reported white paper lead rather than an official advisor announcement found in this pass.

Beneficiary tie: Reported legal-counsel lane. Protos says MetaLeX disclosed it would receive 1.3% of WLFI supply and later said it would not retain tokens; needs primary confirmation.

WLFI role: Chief Compliance Officer

Status note: Named in Gold Paper and MiCA project-implementation table as Chief Compliance Officer.

Background: Compliance lead in the official WLFI source set. Public background was not expanded without stronger primary sourcing.

Beneficiary tie: Included in the team/advisors/service-provider allocation lane, but no individual token amount was found in official docs.

WLFI role: Reported advisor / legal advisor

Status note: Protos reported that World Liberty Financial announced Yakobi as an advisor; a third-party timeline quotes the September 10, 2024 WLFI X advisor announcement. He was not itemized in the official Gold Paper/MiCA team list captured for this build.

Background: Founder and senior managing partner of The Crypto Lawyers. The firm profile describes crypto regulatory experience involving token issuers, DeFi protocol developers, exchanges, SEC, FinCEN, CFTC, FBI, DOJ, and state regulators.

Beneficiary tie: Advisor/legal-review lane. No individual WLFI allocation, equity interest, or fee arrangement was found in the reviewed sources.

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WLFI role: ALT5 board appointment, related party

Status note: Not in the official WLFI team list used here, but BusinessWire names him in the ALT5 board announcement.

Background: Related through the ALT5 Sigma board changes announced around the WLFI treasury strategy.

Beneficiary tie: ALT5-related governance network; no direct WLFI token beneficiary right found in the core WLFI docs.