Trump-Backed Crypto Firm Aims to Unlock $62 Billion in Tokens-What You Need to Know!

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What to know:

  • World Liberty Financial, a Trump family-backed crypto venture, has proposed unlocking 62.3 billion WLFI governance tokens that were previously locked without a vesting schedule.
  • Under the plan, early supporters holding 17 billion WLFI would keep all their tokens, which would be subject to a two-year cliff followed by a two-year linear vesting period.
  • Founders, team members, advisors and partners would see 10 percent of their 45.2 billion WLFI allocation burned while the remaining 40.7 billion tokens begin unlocking over five years after a two-year cliff.

World Liberty Financial, a venture supported by the Trump family, recently suggested releasing 62.3 billion of its WLFI tokens. This proposal comes just days after CoinDesk revealed the company had used 5 billion of its own tokens as collateral to borrow $75 million in stablecoins through the Dolomite lending platform.

The plan divides the existing token supply into two categories. Those who supported the project early, holding 17 billion WLFI tokens, would have their tokens unlocked gradually over four years. They would receive no tokens for the first two years (the “cliff”), and then receive the remaining tokens evenly over the following two years, retaining all of their original tokens.

People involved with the project – including founders, team members, advisors, and partners – who collectively hold 45.2 billion WLFI tokens would have a vesting schedule of 2 years with a cliff, meaning they’d receive tokens over 3 years. However, about 4.5 billion tokens – 10% of their total allocation – would be permanently destroyed immediately after approval. This ‘burn’ permanently reduces the total number of tokens in circulation.

Essentially, this deal involves insiders giving up 4.5 billion tokens to start releasing 40.7 billion tokens that were previously locked forever. These 40.7 billion tokens had no way to be sold or used before this agreement.

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