Exclusive: Eric Trump Calls Maldives Hotel First of Many Real Estate Tokenization Projects
The Defiant
by Jona JaupiFebruary 19, 2026
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Eric Trump revealed that World Liberty Financial’s plan to tokenize the revenue interests of the Trump International Hotel & Resort in the Maldives is just the first step in a broader initiative. This project, announced on February 18th, aims to revolutionize real estate finance by making it more accessible and streamlined through tokenization. By converting real-world assets into digital tokens, World Liberty Financial is paving the way for investors who previously couldn’t participate in such high-value projects due to barriers like high entry costs or complex processes.
The project is being developed in collaboration with DarGlobal, a leading real estate firm, and Securitize, a platform known for tokenizing real-world assets (RWAs). This partnership highlights the growing convergence of traditional real estate and decentralized finance (DeFi), where digital tokens represent ownership stakes or revenue streams tied to physical properties. Eric Trump emphasized that this approach simplifies transactions and democratizes investment opportunities, allowing a wider range of investors to participate in high-value real estate projects.
This initiative aligns with World Liberty Financial’s mission to bring traditional financial assets onto the blockchain, making them more liquid and easier to trade. By tokenizing loan revenue interests from properties like the Maldives hotel,
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Originally published on The Defiant on 2/19/2026