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The Trump family-backed DeFi project World Liberty Financial (WLFI) has reportedly burned 100 million tokens, according to on-chain data. Four wallets linked to the project’s team transferred 1 billion tokens to a vesting contract as the unlock schedule went live. On Monday, May 11, the wallets sent out 100 million tokens in six batches, worth about $6.68 million.
The burn was part of the 10% of supply set to be burned from founders and team allocation, as outlined in a recent governance guideline.
Before the latest update, the team, founders, and early investors reportedly did not have a clear vesting schedule for their investment. After extended community scrutiny and a prolonged blame game, the project released a controversial vesting schedule for a vote last month.
At the token generation event (TGE) in September 2025, the team and early investors were allowed to sell only 20% of their total WLFI stake. The remaining 80% stayed uncertain until the unlock schedule was released in April.
Under the unlock schedule, early investors or presale buyers holding over 17 billion WLFI face a 2-year cliff followed by a 2-year linear release. This structure means they will be able to fully divest by 2030. The article also notes that their holdings are not subject to token burns.
In contrast, insiders—including founders, partners, and the team—face an immediate 10% token burn on their 45.2 billion WLFI holdings. The article estimates that about 4.5 billion WLFI tokens are set to be burned for this group.
While the 100 million tokens burned so far is smaller than the total insider burn amount, the schedule also indicates insiders will wait until 2031 to fully sell their holdings. Overall, the unlocks are set to begin after May 2028 and run up to 2031.
Despite the 100 million token burn, WLFI’s price reportedly showed limited reaction on the charts. The token erased part of its gains in recent days.
In May, WLFI rallied 47%, supported by Bitcoin moving above $80,000 and by an aggressive WLFI rewards campaign for USD1 users on Binance. However, as of the time of writing, May gains had narrowed to about 30%.
The article states it remains to be seen whether the daily unlocks will create additional selling pressure over the coming weeks.
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