WLFI Derivatives Explode 500% Ahead Of Trump-Linked Coin’s Sept. 1 Token Unlock

World Liberty Financial (WLFI) derivatives soared in trading as anticipation builds for the Trump-linked project’s first token release on ￰1￱ 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 ￰2￱ 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 ￰3￱ unlocked tokens amount to about 5% of total ￰4￱ current prices, early backers in the lowest round stand to gain over twenty times their ￰5￱ Trading Begins Sept. 1 With Investors Restricted To Selling One-Fifth WLFI was issued as a governance token for World Liberty Financial, designed to let holders vote on upgrades to the ￰6￱ officially begins on Sept. 1, but early investors are allowed to sell only one-fifth of their allocations.

Trump-linked World Liberty Financial token is set to begin trading after a 99.94% approval vote, paving the way for market speculation and a potential rise in Trump’s crypto holdings. #WorldLibertyFinancial #WLFI ￰0￱ — ￰7￱ (@cryptonews) July 17, 2025 Founders, including Donald Trump ￰8￱ Eric Trump, are excluded from this initial ￰9￱ launch will test how much the Trump name can lift the value of the 100 billion-token ￰10￱ pre-market trading, some platforms have priced WLFI at about $0.42. That implies a fully diluted valuation of nearly $40b. This level would rank it within the top 45 digital ￰11￱ investors believe it could break into the top 20, a leap that would encourage more exchanges to list ￰12￱ Liberty Financial’s Youth Belies Its Political Weight World Liberty Financial is barely a year old, but it has drawn unusual attention due to its ties to the Trump ￰13￱ president promoted it on social media before taking office, while developer Steven Witkoff is listed as ￰14￱ family has broadened its footprint in crypto over the past year, adding ventures in stablecoins, Bitcoin mining and digital asset ￰15￱ has extended the Trump brand into corners of speculative finance at a time when regulation has begun to tilt more favourably toward the ￰16￱ returning to the White House, Trump has signed a law governing ￰17￱ has also installed regulators viewed as more supportive of digital assets.

Meanwhile, his sons have pushed family businesses further into crypto ￰18￱ a result, WLFI is now presented as a bridge between legacy finance and the open economy, with hopes of drawing retail liquidity. Founders’ Tokens Stay Locked Pending Governance Vote The family’s financial stake is ￰19￱ Marks DEFI LLC, an entity tied to Trump and his relatives, reportedly owns 38% of WLF Holdco, which controls World Liberty and its revenues after ￰20￱ entity also holds 22.5b WLFI tokens, and has already collected fees equal to 75% of token sale proceeds. Founders’ tokens remain locked until WLFI holders vote on a release ￰21￱ a result, their future value depends entirely on the governance process.

Meanwhile, retail investors must act ￰22￱ need to decide whether to sell into the rally now or hold their tokens for longer-term gains as WLFI debuts across major exchanges.