Trump-Backed Crypto Project World Liberty Financial Votes to Go Public

Guy Fawkes 2025.07.18 3 min read

World Liberty Financial (WLFI), the Trump-linked decentralized finance project, just took its first major step toward opening the floodgates to the peasants like me. A proposal to make WLFI tradable passed this week with a staggering 99.94% of tokenholders in favor.

For a project that began as a closed network, only accessible to accredited investors and the ivory tower elite, this vote signals a major shift.

$WLFI Set to Become Tradable — But When?

World Liberty Financial has closed a community vote on whether to make #WLFI tradable with over 11 billion votes cast in favor of the proposal.

While the proposal is approved the timeline of further updates remain unclear. pic.twitter.com/Pge3mP2oMU

— CryptoDep (@Crypto_Dep) July 16, 2025

Governance Tokens Going Tradable, But Slowly

Not all WLFI tokens will be released at once. The team confirmed that only a portion of early investor tokens will be unlocked initially, with the rest subject to a second vote and a to-be-determined release schedule. A full launch roadmap is expected soon.

Meanwhile, tokens held by founders, advisors, and core team members will remain locked under a longer-term schedule, with eligibility criteria still undecided.

The WLFI team described this stage as a transition from “closed to open participation,” opening the door for everyday traders to finally buy in. Hopefully they don’t rugpull it like $MELANIA and $TRUMP meme tokens. The WLFI team also just scooped up $10m worth of Ethereum this week:

No centralized exchange listings have been announced, but the website says strong demand has pushed the team to initiate this “next chapter” of development.

$550 Million Raised, and a Trump Family Hoedown

WLFI raised a combined $550 million in two token sales. The first, in October 2024, offered 20 billion tokens at $0.015 each. The second, in January, sold another 5 billion tokens at $0.05 apiece.

Despite the hype, the Trump family has been quietly reducing its stake. According to a June disclosure with the U.S. Office of Government Ethics, Donald Trump reported a $57 million profit from the project, while the family’s overall stake in WLFI dropped to 40% as of mid-2025.

Yet the Trump family endorsement remains; they’re tied to WLFI like a bad spray tan to the President.

The Road Ahead For WLFI

WLFI’s token unlock is the tip of the iceberg. Plans to expand into lending, borrowing, and ecosystem rewards are already in motion. Meanwhile TRM Labs has been tapped to ensure the token’s operations are compliant and traceable.

Once WLFI is freely traded, though, brace for volatility like we’ve seen with every Trump-backed project. The early investors will push for profits and speculators are sure to take this token over in the short-term.

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