what's world liberty financial?
World Liberty Financial is a decentralized finance (DeFi) project backed by the Trump family, aimed at bridging traditional finance (TradFi) with blockchain technology through on-chain products. It focuses on empowering the USD via stablecoins and providing governance through its native token, WLFI. The project emphasizes mass adoption of DeFi protocols, including lending platforms and liquidity mechanisms. Key features include token sales for governance rights, partnerships for integrations like sUSDe, and mechanisms such as buyback and burn proposals to reduce circulating supply. It has raised significant funds through verified sales and is positioned in narratives around regulatory clarity and institutional crypto adoption.
Today, World Liberty Financial sold 73 WBTC for $5.04M, reaching 680k+ holders and launching limit orders.
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Launched real-time proof-of-reserves for its USD1 stablecoin on February 27, 2026.
Proposed node staking tier requiring 10M+ WLFI stake to unlock licensed market maker access for USDT/USDC to USD1 conversions.
Has 27B+ tokens in circulation.
Reached a market cap of $3.1B+, ranking as the #30 cryptocurrency globally.
24-hour trading volume exceeded $330 million on 2026-02-18.
Generated $320M in lending activity since launch on 2026-01-12.
Faces requirement from Sen. Elizabeth Warren that anyone owning 10% or more of World Liberty Financial must be disclosed or its bank application will be rejected.
Proposes $1M incentives for USD1 market making.
Proposes governance model with WLFI staking rewards, requiring 180-day token lock for governance rights on circulating tokens, and incentives for depositing USD1.
Sides with Coinbase against the White House's version of the market structure bill.
Listed on Blockchain.com's trading platform alongside USD1 and GHO.
Faces scrutiny from Senate Democrat Richard Blumenthal regarding stablecoin deals and foreign investments via UAE funds linked to Binance, with a May 2025 resolution introduced condemning financial entanglements with President Trump.
Launched a burn-to-redeem event where users can burn 2 Liberty tokens to redeem one Totem NFT (options: THE LEDGER, THE SIGNAL, THE COMPOUND, or THE COLLECTIVE), running from February 24 to February 26, 2026.
Characterized as a distribution and stablecoin rails project focused on pushing USD1-style products into real counterparties and integrations, positioning it as operationally and politically legible for institutional interaction.
USD1 market capitalization reached $4.75B, becoming the 5th largest stablecoin globally, backed by $4.7B in reserves.
WLFI token declined approximately 7% during the USD1 depeg event.
Wallet 0x5041 received 26.6M WLFI tokens ($3.2M) from a World Liberty Financial-related wallet on 2026-02-21, then deposited 6M WLFI ($664K) into Binance on 2026-02-23.
Exploring listing of WLFI tokenized assets on LSEG infrastructure for secondary liquidity trading, pending regulatory approval.
USD1 is the fastest growing tokenized asset on Solana.
One holder accumulated a long position exceeding $100M worth of WLFI tokens and maintains $50M in active buy orders.
Applied for a banking charter with the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), facing scrutiny from House Democrats who sent a letter to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent questioning the trust bank application review, citing concerns over foreign ownership, national security risks, and potential political influence.
USD1 depegged to $0.98 on February 23, 2026, due to a "coordinated attack" involving hacked cofounder accounts, paid FUD campaigns, disinformation, large short positions, and deleted posts, before recovering to $0.998-$0.999.
Distributes 235M WLFI tokens to USD1 holders on Binance from February 20th to March 20th, 2026, with APR up to 13.81% and no cap on deposits, offering a 1.2x bonus multiplier for collateralized USD1.
Participated in Mantle RWA Day at Consensus Hong Kong on February 19, 2026, with xStocks, DigiFT, Concrete, Lore, and Byreal, discussing 2026 crypto outlook, RWA distribution, and real-world asset applications.
USD1 is experiencing a high percentage increase in the amount of $100K+ whale transactions on its network.
Added $100M worth of open interest on February 18, 2026.
Launched Truth Predict platform in partnership with Crypto.com.
Distributing $WLFI tokens to early adopters of its stablecoin, $USD1, across partner exchanges.
Operating USD1 Points Program to reward community members and drive adoption.
Tokenizes Trump International Hotel Maldives with Securitize and DarGlobal, in partnership with The Trump Organization, with $300M AUM and $2B projected value, offering fixed yield, loan revenue streams, and planned collateral functionality.
Apex Group ($3.5T AUM) pilots USD1 stablecoin for tokenized fund operations and fund settlement, with potential to service 30,000+ funds, announced February 2026.
WLFI token rallied 18% coinciding with the opening of World Liberty Forum.
Experienced a price jump ahead of the Mar-a-Lago forum scheduled for March 2026.
Enabled USD1 as settlement currency on Myriad Markets for 5-minute markets.
Launched a campaign with bonkfun offering $200K in weekly rewards for top USD1 traders on Axiom Exchange.
Added USD1 support on Kamino for lending and borrowing on Solana.
Hosted 400 global leaders on 2026-02-18; Forum scheduled for 2026-02-25 with TradFi CEOs.
Expanded USD1 to Aptos through Echelon Market.
Integrated USD1 on Trojan's new terminal on Solana.
Formed strategic partnership with Spacecoin.
Token price increased 22% to $0.124, reaching $11.7B fully diluted valuation on February 18, 2026.
Withdrew 313M WLFI tokens from Binance to a new address by 2026-02-18 ahead of an airdrop.
Holds over 6,000 BTC in treasury.
Hosted a forum event at Mar-a-Lago on February 17, 2026.
A newly created wallet withdrew 25 million WLFI tokens (valued at $2.52 million) from Binance on 2026-02-17.
Whale address 0x9b3b holds 42.47M WLFI tokens valued at $5.33M on Hyperliquid, deposited $500K USDC.
A newly created wallet spent 2.75M USDC to buy 21.11M WLFI tokens in a single transaction on 2026-02-15.
Offers approximately 13% supply rate on USDC deposits.
Offers approximately 7% supply rate on USD1 deposits.
USD1 stablecoin integrated as the default payment method inside Sahara Labs' ClawApp, enabling users to fund AI agent actions and allowing agents to transact directly using USD1.
Received a transfer of 75.8M WLFI tokens (valued at $8.02M) from treasury company Alt5 Sigma on 2026-02-13.
Partnered with Aster Network and Opinion Labs at Hong Kong Consensus 2026.
USD1 token is supported on Infinit Labs' Prompt-to-DeFi platform, allowing holders to access DeFi strategies.
Reached over $315 million TVL within one month of Markets launch.
Generated over $239 million in total borrows within one month of Markets launch.
Integrated USD1 token into Zebec's payroll and card infrastructure for Zebec Silver and Carbon Cards on Solana, and across trading terminals, lending markets, and prediction platforms.
Teased World Swap, a USD1-based FX and remittance product, at Consensus Hong Kong.
Provides USD1 supply incentives on Dolomite, earning WLFI points claimable on Merkl, with WLFI token rewards at 4.91% APY for USD1 positions.
Listed PAXG/USD1 trading pair on Binance spot and margin markets with cross margin support, using USD1 as quote currency and collateral, on February 10, 2026.
Transferred $12.5M USD1 to a fresh wallet address (0xb9c72a4b01bf7b9a886c24ba246c95bb6965840e) from address 0x2427a1c7848f0712d321595187e141a0279d479e.
Reached $5.4B USD1 stablecoin market cap.
Binance holds 89% of USD1 stablecoin supply ($4.7B out of $5.4B total).
USD1 stablecoin supply on Solana reached a $939 million market cap by February 9, 2026.
Hosted forum event at Mar-a-Lago on February 18-20, 2026, with Goldman Sachs, Franklin Templeton, CFTC Chair, Brian Armstrong, David Solomon, Jenny Johnson, Michael Selig, Mike Belshe, Myriad Markets, senators, CFTC commissioners, sovereign wealth funds, Nasdaq, and Binance's CZ, discussing stablecoins, regulatory frameworks, tokenized equities, AI integration, tokenized real-world assets, tokenized real estate, and U.S. crypto regulation.
USD1 stablecoin reached $5.3 billion market cap, ranking as the 5th largest stablecoin 10 months after launch.
Runs a zero-fee trading promotion for transactions using USD1 stablecoin in partnership with Binance.
USD1 stablecoin recorded a 56.5% supply increase over the 30 days ending February 9, 2026, ranking first among stablecoins by supply change.
USD1 stablecoin recorded $1.9 billion in net inflows over the 30 days ending February 9, 2026.
USD1 stablecoin recorded an 84.8% increase in unique senders over the 30 days ending February 9, 2026, ranking first among stablecoins by senders change.
Runs a $50,000 USD1 community rewards program from February 4th to February 13th, 2026, for participants livestreaming on Binance Square and discussing WLFI or USD1 to qualify.
Led top movers with a 4% price increase on February 9, 2026.
Participated in the Tokenized Summit conference in Hong Kong, sharing a stage with other crypto projects and investors.
Launched USD1 campaign on Binance with 12% APR and 12M WLFI in rewards.
A fresh wallet withdrew 10M USDC from Coinbase and bought 74.5M WLFI tokens for approximately $8.45M on February 8-9, 2026.
New wallet spent 10M USDC to accumulate 47.6M WLFI tokens at an average price of $0.109, with 4.83M USDC remaining.
Sold 73 WBTC valued at $5.04M at a price of $69,000 per WBTC on February 5, 2026.
Reached over 680,000 token holders
Launched capital markets on Titan Exchange with limit orders for select USD1 pairs on 2026-01-15.
Received a $75 million investment from Justin Sun.
Sold 49% stake for $500M in January 2025 to Abu Dhabi royal family associate. Senators asked Treasury Secretary Bessent to probe the $500M UAE stake.
Enabled on Bybit exchange with withdrawals on the Mantle Network to open once liquidity requirements are met, with zero withdrawal fees on Mantle for a limited time.
USD1 tokenized asset market cap increased by 191.8% over the past month on Solana.
Swapped 93.77 WBTC (worth $8.08M) for 2,868 ETH on 2026-01-25.
Distributes $40M WLFI airdrop to Binance USD1 holders with weekly payouts over 4 weeks, offering approximately 15% APR and a 1.2x boost for USD1 collateral until February 20, 2026.
Hosted inaugural forum
Launched a WLFI token airdrop program for USD1 holders with an effective APR of 16%-22% over one month, with no purchase action required and eligibility across spot, funding, leverage, and perpetual contract holdings.
Rumored collaboration with Immunefi, a security platform that secures approximately 70% of DeFi TVL and protects over $180B in assets.
Passed a governance vote in January 2026 to increase WLFI token emissions and sell WLFI tokens to fund protocol growth, with the vote reportedly forced through by team and strategic partner wallets despite initial majority rejection by public holders.
Allocated 33.5% of total token supply to the team, 5.85% to strategic partners, and 20% to the public sale.
Integrated USD1 stablecoin for lending and borrowing on Kamino protocol on Solana.
USD1 stablecoin ranks 3rd in volume among stablecoins.
Co-founder and COO Zak Folkman scheduled to appear on FOMO HOUR on 2026-01-19 at 10:30 AM ET to discuss Myriad Markets announcement, USD1 adoption, and WLFI.
integrates USD1 stablecoin with Myriad Markets for prediction market settlements; launched Markets product on 2026-01-12.
Partners with Pakistan to develop a USD-pegged stablecoin involving collaboration with Pakistan's central bank on regulated digital payments.
Integrated with Holdstation to enable users to supply USD1 on World Liberty Financial's market to earn WLFI APR and borrow against it.
Token price increased 20% from the start of 2026 through January 9, 2026.
Funding rate has turned deeply negative, indicating unusual market conditions.
Partners with Edel Finance alongside Ondo and other collaborators.
Active addresses increased as of January 8, 2026.
Applied for a national banking license with the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) through a newly created trust company entity called WLTC, planning to offer crypto custody and stablecoin conversion services.