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Trump-linked fintech firm AI Financial sells unit to Prime Delta

By Thomson Reuters Aug 7, 2026 | 8:08 PM

Aug 7 (Reuters) – AI Financial Corp, a company closely affiliated with World Liberty Financial, the crypto venture backed by the Trump family, has sold its Canadian unit to New ​York-based Prime Delta, weeks after fintech firm Perpetuals.com ended ‌talks to buy the subsidiary.

• AI Financial will receive a $12 million secured promissory note — with $1 million due next week and the rest paid over time — and about 11.6 million shares of Prime Delta stock for the sale of ALT5 ‌Sigma ​Canada, an filing with the U.S. Securities ⁠and Exchange Commission showed ⁠on Friday.

• The filing did not provide details on the rationale for the deal. AI Financial, previously known as ALT5 Sigma, and Prime Delta could not be immediately reached for comment outside ​regular business hours.

• Prime Delta is a financial services firm specializing in “credit intermediation and strategic financial advisory”, according to its website.

• ⁠World Liberty Financial partnered with ALT5 ⁠Sigma in August 2025, striking a deal under which ​ALT5 Sigma raised $750 million by selling new shares and used $717 million ​of that to buy World Liberty tokens.

• That deal sent ‌more than $500 million to the Trump family, Reuters has reported, based on the Trumps’ arrangement with World Liberty Financial.

• AI Financial’s share price has plummeted since August 11, 2025, the date of the ⁠deal, from above $9 to around 44 cents on Friday for a market value of about $61 million.

• AI Financial’s sale of ALT5 Sigma Canada to ⁠Prime Delta comes ‌about three weeks after Perpetuals.com said it had ⁠abandoned plans to buy the business, without giving further ​details.

• ‌ALT5 Sigma sued Prime Delta last year, alleging ​it was ⁠tied to a former consultant accused of misappropriating company data for a competing business — a dispute the two sides settled in December with no admission of wrongdoing by either party, SEC filings show.

(Reporting by Carlos Méndez and Chris Thomas in Mexico City; Editing by Tom Hogue ​and William Mallard)