WLFI Expands Into Payments: Debit Card + Apple Pay On The Way

Reports have disclosed that World Liberty Financial (WLFI) will roll out a branded debit card that users can link to Apple Pay, allowing payments using its USD1 ￰0￱ announcement was made at Korea Blockchain Week by WLFI co-founder Zak Folkman, who said the product and a companion retail app are due within weeks as the project pushes into ￰1￱ And App Aim To Put USD1 In Wallets According to company statements and coverage , the card will let holders attach their USD1 balance to Apple Pay and use it at merchants that accept contactless mobile ￰2￱ says the app will combine peer-to-peer payments with simple trading tools, a design the team compared to popular retail fintech ￰3￱ suggest the launch is meant to drive everyday use of the ￰4￱ Target Asia Expansion WLFI has signed a memorandum of understanding with South Korea’s Bithumb to explore joint work and wider distribution in the ￰5￱ @worldlibertyfi ’s @zakfolkman to break news on stage at KBW The project will launch a debit card and retail app “soon.” They plan to have its stablecoin USD1 linked to Apple Pay and position its app like a “Venmo meets Robinhood.” ￰6￱ — Jacquelyn Melinek (@jacqmelinek) September 23, 2025 Observers note that tapping a major local exchange could speed up outreach in Korea and nearby markets, where mobile payments are ￰7￱ move comes as WLFI shifts away from plans to build its own blockchain and says it will remain ￰8￱ Supply And Governance Notes Based on market data and reporting, WLFI’s total token structure has been the subject of ￰9￱ breakdown showed about 27 billion tokens circulating against a 100 billion total supply at launch, with allocations for the company, partners, liquidity, and public ￰10￱ holders previously voted nearly unanimously to make the WLFI token tradable, with a result recorded at 99.94% in ￰11￱ figures are central to how the community and markets judge the project’s ￰12￱ Action Has Been Volatile Market response was mixed.

WLFI’s token fell about 10% on the news and amid broader market pressure, according to price trackers and industry ￰13￱ drop followed larger market moves that hit many cryptocurrencies and came as WLFI pushed its retail ￰14￱ will watch whether the product announcement stabilizes demand or adds short-term ￰15￱ And Operational Questions Remain Reports caution that linking a stablecoin to mainstream payment rails raises regulatory and custody ￰16￱ Pay integration, card network approvals, reserve transparency for USD1 , and anti-money-laundering checks are among the items that WLFI needs to resolve before broad ￰17￱ any of these steps are incomplete, rollout could face delays or limits in some ￰18￱ image from Meta, chart from TradingView