The Trump Organization and Dar Global announced the development of premium resort Trump International Hotel Maldives. The project will be tokenized at the development stage, expanding investment opportunities for participation.
The Trump Organization, owned by the family of U.S. President Donald Trump, together with international developer Dar Global, which specializes in luxury residential and resort real estate, presented plans for a new Maldives complex under the Trump brand.
In a joint statement, the companies emphasize that this isn’t about tokenizing a completed asset but about financing the project during its development phase. This approach allows investors to enter a high-yield stage of the project traditionally closed to private participants.
Trump International Hotel Maldives will include around 80 luxury villas and will be located a 25-minute speedboat ride from Malé. Construction is scheduled to be completed by late 2028.
According to Eric Trump, Executive Vice President of The Trump Organization, the initiative aims to set a new standard for innovation in real estate investment through tokenization. Ziad El Chaar, CEO of Dar Global, added that the format of tokenized hotel development will become a new industry standard and will be applied in future global initiatives.
The project expands The Trump Organization’s presence in the Middle East and South Asia, where the company already runs several initiatives, from residential buildings to resort complexes in Dubai, Jeddah, Oman, and Qatar.
According to the Financial Times, the crypto sector generated more than $1 billion in revenue this year for structures associated with the U.S. President.
The initiative is developing amid rapid growth in the tokenized assets sector, whose total market capitalization reached $233 billion in Q1 2025. The primary driver of this growth is the popularity of stablecoins, legalized in the U.S. by a law signed by Donald Trump in July 2025.
