WLFI Token Launch Focuses on Public Buyers, No Private Sale

The team behind WLFI, a crypto project backed by President Donald Trump and his family, has announced that none of the tokens owned by the co-founders, advisors, or team members will be available at launch. This announcement was made directly through the WLFI Twitter account in response to community questions about token distribution and trading timelines. The update also confirmed that there will be no new private sale round, dispelling rumors of additional behind-the-scenes deals before trading begins.

WLFI has decided to focus entirely on early public buyers, particularly those who participated in the first public sale at $0.015 and $0.05 per token. Only a portion of these tokens will unlock initially, with the remainder, including all OTC allocations, to be voted on by the community after launch. The unlock schedule for team, advisor, and founder tokens will also require a separate community vote, with the team emphasizing that they are “in no rush” to access those tokens.

Instead of holding another presale, WLFI is partnering with major centralized exchanges to launch a WLFI rewards program. This program will allow users to earn tokens through platforms they already use and trust, providing a new path for everyone to join the liberty movement. The team is currently finalizing a “massive alignment” before the official trading goes live, though no details about this alignment were provided. The delay is intentional, with the team stating that patience will pay off.

WLFI is coordinating with top CEX partners to ensure the token is listed on exchanges that users are familiar with, with DeFi options also coming for decentralized trading preferences. After the token launches, a community vote will decide when the rest of the public sale and OTC tokens will unlock. A final vote will then be held to decide the unlock schedule for team-related holdings. Until those votes pass, none of those tokens will be released. The WLFI team emphasized that their focus is on building for the future.

WLFI originally launched as a private crypto project, with early tokens only sold to accredited investors. However, a community vote opened up access for average retail buyers. The WLFI website now indicates that the token will soon be tradable, marking the “next phase of community ownership and engagement.” The platform did not provide an exact timeline for when WLFI will hit exchanges but confirmed that community demand had pushed this shift forward.

WLFI is the Ethereum-based governance token for World Liberty Financial, a DeFi project co-founded by Chase Herro, Zak Folkman, and members of the Trump and Witkoff families. The project was first teased by Eric Trump last year and is promoted as a platform for crypto-based lending and borrowing. Although no live product exists yet, the team continues to promote it as one of the biggest DeFi initiatives in the space. The token allows holders to vote on protocol changes and can be traded and sold on exchanges, opening the door for broader community participation, access, and protocol development.

Details about where WLFI will be listed are still unclear, with the team promising to share more information soon. They thanked early believers for their patience, emphasizing that a bit more patience ensures the project is done right. President Trump disclosed last month a $57.3 million gain from WLFI token sales, which drew criticism from lawmakers, particularly Democrats, who raised concerns over potential conflicts of interest.