In a significant development, tokenholders of World Liberty Financial, a cryptocurrency project backed by Donald Trump, voted in favor of a major proposal. The tokenholder vote, which ended Wednesday, approved 99.94% of the proposal to enable the WLFI token for trading.
The WLFI team initially introduced the major token functionality change on July 9. By the vote, the WLFI token holders will be able to trade their tokens peer-to-peer, as well as through the secondary markets.
WLFI representatives stated that they would gradually grant token holders access, starting with a percentage of early investors’ tokens. They added that they will release more concrete information, including the timetable, in the coming days.
The WLFI team announced that founders, advisory members, and team members would not receive access yet and would follow a longer timeline. They also stated that the token release schedule and eligibility criteria are still under discussion.
WLFI governance system will hence be expanded in order to allow for increased tokenholder base involvement. It will be possible to vote upon critical issues such as token emissions, ecosystem incentives, and even the allocation of the treasury funds.
Trump’s WLFI Crypto expands market reach
World Liberty Financial sold WLFI tokens twice through public offerings in the past. The company sold the tokens for the first time in October 2024, issuing 20 billion tokens at $0.015, raising a total investment of around $300 million. It followed up later in January 2025, issuing five billion tokens at a token price of $0.05, raising another amount of $250 million.
This most recent token unlock starts the overall transformation of the previously restricted-access model to the open-participatory support architecture. The platform looks forward to active community growth, speculative market action, and organic price discovery after the token can be traded.
TRM Labs, a blockchain intelligence firm, will oversee transactions throughout the entire course of the transition to enable clear and secure activity throughout the WLFI network.
World Liberty Financial first went public on September 16, 2024, through direct endorsement by Donald Trump and his three sons Donald Jr., Eric, and Barron. President Trump earned a $57 million gain through WLFI, as per a June 2025 report submitted to the U.S. Office of Government Ethics.
Nevertheless, the Trump family reduced the ownership share to 40% by June 2025, down from a majority stake at the end of 2024.
