Whales Who Bet on Trump-Linked WLFI Bleed Millions as Token Plunges

Whales are reeling from steep losses after a sharp selloff in World Liberty Financial (WLFI), a token linked to the Trump ￰2￱ Takeaways: Whales are taking heavy losses as WLFI plunges over 40% in its first week. A $915K profit quickly turned into a $1.6M loss for one trader due to FOMO-driven ￰3￱ sentiment has flipped bearish, with major holders dumping and shorts ￰4￱ a midweek attempt to salvage the token’s momentum through a significant token burn, WLFI has continued its downward slide, with whales now unloading positions at a ￰5￱ data shows that whale wallet 0x432 took a massive hit, losing over $1.6 million after closing a 3x leveraged long position on ￰6￱ Wins $915K, Then Loses It All to FOMO According to Onchain Lens , the same investor had previously earned $915,000 on an earlier WLFI trade just hours before re-entering the market.

“The moral of the story: never be in FOMO.” WLFI’s team burned 47 million tokens on Wednesday to reduce circulating supply and boost value. However, the move failed to stem the ￰7￱ plunged an additional 18% in 24 hours as of Thursday morning, and has now fallen 41% since launch on Monday, according to ￰8￱ large holders are also in the ￰9￱ 854RaR, which bought $2 million in WLFI tokens earlier in the week, was reportedly down more than $650,000 by ￰10￱ Hyperliquid, wallet 0x1527 had unrealized losses exceeding $2.2 million on a leveraged WLFI ￰11￱ traders, however, are profiting from the token’s ￰12￱ 0x92bb pocketed $1.8 million from a short position, effectively betting against WLFI’s ￰13￱ just dropped below $0.19.

Trader 0x1527 is down over $2.2M on his $WLFI long. Meanwhile, trader 0x92bb is up over $1.8M on his $WLFI short. ￰0￱ ￰1￱ ￰14￱ — Lookonchain (@lookonchain) September 4, 2025 Even public figures have gotten ￰15￱ influencer Andrew Tate, a vocal supporter of WLFI, was liquidated for $67,500 on a Hyperliquid long position earlier this week, according to ￰16￱ sentiment has taken a sharp ￰17￱ now ranks as the ninth-most-bearish asset among the top 100 cryptocurrencies, with nearly 32% of holders expressing negative sentiment, according to ￰18￱ attempts to rally support, WLFI’s rapid price drop and whale liquidations are casting long shadows over its short-lived ￰19￱ Liberty Financial Begins WLFI Burn Campaign As reported, World Liberty Financial has initiated a token burn just days after its public debut , as the team looks to curb early volatility and revive sagging market ￰20￱ project burned 47 million WLFI tokens on Wednesday, sending them to a verified burn ￰21￱ move comes amid a steep 31% decline in the token’s value since its launch on Monday, when it briefly traded at $0.331 before falling to just over $0.23.

The burn represents 0.19% of WLFI’s circulating supply, which currently stands at 24.66 billion tokens, roughly a quarter of the project’s original 100 billion supply, according to CoinMarketCap. Meanwhile, the Trump family’s wealth saw a sharp increase of up to $6 billion on Monday following the public launch of World Liberty Financial’s WLFI ￰22￱ debut allowed open-market trading for the first time, with over $1 billion in volume recorded within the first hour across major ￰23￱ hovered between $0.24 and $0.30, aligning with prior futures market activity.