Trump-Backed WLFI to Unlock 27B Tokens at Launch – Much Higher Than Expected?

The highly anticipated launch of World Liberty Financial (WLFI), a project associated with ￰3￱ Donald Trump’s crypto push, is set to surprise markets with a much larger circulating supply than many analysts ￰4￱ to CoinMarketCap CEO Rush Lu, WLFI’s initial circulating supply has been verified directly with the project team and will be used as a benchmark for major ￰5￱ data on CoinMarketCap indicates WLFI will debut with 27 billion tokens in circulation, representing more than a quarter of its 100 billion total supply. 来了来了，老板们。WLFI的流通数据是我们反复与项目方确认的。币安及其它交易所也采用此数据。 ￰0￱ — Rush (@RushCMC) September 1, 2025 This disclosure sharply contrasts earlier reports suggesting that just 3.69 billion tokens would be available at the token generation event (TGE).

The dramatic increase in supply raises new questions about WLFI’s early price dynamics, potential dilution, and how markets will absorb such a large float from day ￰6￱ Movements Linked to Jump Crypto On-chain activity has already shed light on how WLFI liquidity may be ￰7￱ X user @ai_9684xtpa highlighted that WLFI transferred 485 million tokens—about 0.485% of total supply—to two wallets linked with Jump Crypto. 更新：过去 10 分钟，WLFI 官方多签向 Jump Crypto 的两个地址转移总计 4.85 亿枚做市代币 占代币总供应量的 0.485%，占 Dylan 提到「CEX 流动性 + DEX LP」30 亿枚部分的 16.2% ￰1￱ ￰2￱ ￰8￱ — Ai 姨 (@ai_9684xtpa) September 1, 2025 These allocations are believed to be designated for market-making purposes, supporting liquidity across centralized and decentralized exchanges.

Importantly, the transfer represents 16.2% of the three billion tokens allocated to exchange liquidity pools at ￰9￱ Crypto has recently stepped up its involvement in digital asset trading, particularly since Trump’s return to the White ￰10￱ firm’s participation in WLFI suggests that early trading may benefit from deep liquidity, though it also amplifies questions about concentration of supply in the hands of key market ￰11￱ Reactions and Investor Sentiment The revelation of a 27 billion token float has stirred mixed reactions among traders and analysts. A larger circulating supply at launch often implies heavier initial selling pressure and a lower starting price per ￰12￱ this could make WLFI appear cheaper to retail investors, it also increases the risk of volatility and rapid ￰13￱ observers argue that the higher supply may be part of a strategy to ensure WLFI achieves wide distribution early on, reducing the impact of later ￰14￱ remain cautious, suggesting the surprise disclosure may undermine initial confidence and lead to speculation about governance ￰15￱ Derivatives Explode 500% World Liberty Financial derivatives soared in trading as anticipation builds for the Trump-linked project’s first token release on ￰16￱ to Coinglass , 24-hour trading volume for WLFI derivatives jumped more than 530% to $3.95b on Monday, while open interest rose over 60% $931.9m.

The spike comes just hours before the unlock event, scheduled for 8:00 ￰17￱ project will free up 20% of the tokens purchased in its earliest rounds, priced at $0.015 and US$0.05, which can be claimed through a process called the ￰18￱ unlocked tokens amount to about 5% of total ￰19￱ for WLFI’s Debut WLFI’s launch is shaping up to be one of the most closely watched token events of ￰20￱ project sits at the intersection of politics, finance, and crypto market infrastructure, making it unique among recent token ￰21￱ Jump Crypto’s involvement and CoinMarketCap’s confirmation of supply data, WLFI is expected to generate significant trading volumes from day one.

However, the mismatch between earlier expectations and the confirmed circulating supply means that investors will need to carefully monitor price discovery and liquidity conditions as the token hits the ￰22￱ with many politically charged crypto ventures, WLFI’s debut will be as much about narrative and sentiment as it is about tokenomics.