World Liberty Financial (WLFI), the decentralized finance (DeFi) project sponsored by the Trump family, will unlock a substantial portion of its tokens on September 1, 2025. According to data from CoinMarketCap, the initial circulating supply of WLFI will be 27 billion tokens, more than a quarter of its 100 billion total supply. This figure significantly surpasses earlier projections, which estimated that only 3.69 billion tokens would be available at launch.
Rush Lu, CEO of CoinMarketCap, confirmed the data, stating that the WLFI team has repeatedly verified the number. The circulating supply will be reflected across major exchanges, including Binance, Gate, and MEXC, all of which are scheduled to list the token for spot trading starting today.
The WLFI project has already started the unlock process for early investors. As of last Tuesday, the project began allowing users to transfer their WLFI tokens into a vesting lockbox. Tokens purchased in earlier sales rounds, at prices of $0.015 and $0.05, will unlock 20% and reward early supporters. The other 80% will be governed by WLFI using the decentralized method of governance based on community votes: how often unlocking will occur in the future.
WLFI's distinctive governance ensures tokenholders have direct influence over the platform's future, including potential adjustments to the unlocking timeline. Its flexible governance model enables the project to adapt and potentially change the token unlocking conditions later on.
Following the token unlock, Binance stated that it would trade WLFI in its markets against USDT and USDC beginning on September 1. The exchange has already opened deposits to WLFI and withdrawals will commence the next day. To deal with the undertaking's high risk profile, Binance has assigned WLFI its "Seed" designation, which suggests its innovative but risky nature.
The listing coincides with the time when WLFI's derivatives have been increasing in volume. Open interest in WLFI contracts stood at almost 931 million which indicates increased interest in the token before the commencement of its trade. The day before the unlock, WLFI recorded a derivatives trading volume increase of over 500 percent, reaching 4.6 billion. Almost half of this volume was secured by Binance, which established it as the primary exchange at the launch of WLFI.
World Liberty Financial is a relatively new company that has only existed for one year; however, it has already attracted considerable attention because of its ties with the Trump family.
The family is involved in the token launch and other aspects of crypto, such as stablecoins and Bitcoin mining activities. The Trump family's investments in the crypto market coincide with changes in regulations, which have become more supportive of digital assets.