World Liberty Financial Starts Vote on Unlocking 62 Billion WLFI Tokens

Suehyeon Lee

Summary

World Liberty Financial said it has started a governance vote to determine whether 62 billion WLFI tokens will be unlocked.
The proposal would apply gradual vesting after a two-year cliff to tokens allocated to the founding team, advisers, early partners and early investors, and includes the possibility of burning about 4.5 billion tokens.
Voting will run for seven days and requires participation, or quorum, of more than 1 billion WLFI to pass, while some early investors have raised concerns that the circulation timeline could be pushed back.

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World Liberty Financial, the Trump family’s DeFi project, has opened a governance vote on whether to unlock 62 billion WLFI tokens.

The proposal, reported by The Block on April 29, would decide whether those tokens can enter circulation. If approved, the tokens would be released gradually after a set period.

The amount includes about 45 billion tokens allocated to the founding team, advisers and early partners, as well as as many as 17 billion tokens set aside for early investors. All of the tokens would follow a vesting structure under which they begin unlocking in stages after a two-year cliff.

The project said the proposal would replace the current indefinite lockup with a defined vesting schedule, making future supply plans more transparent and broadening participation in governance.

The proposal also includes the possibility of a token burn. If approved, about 10% of the founding team’s and investors’ allocations, or roughly 4.5 billion tokens, could be permanently burned.

Some disagreement remains over the revised release schedule. Some early investors have expressed concern that circulation could begin later than they had expected.

The vote will run for seven days and requires quorum of more than 1 billion WLFI tokens to pass.

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