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WLFI is facing a crisis of trust. The crypto project linked to the Trump family is accused of favoring private buyers while early investors remain largely locked out.
WLFI Crypto has drawn renewed criticism after selling 5.9 billion tokens to accredited private investors. The sale followed two public fundraising rounds that together raised more than $550 million for the World Liberty Financial project.
Criticism centers not only on the transaction, but on what was not disclosed. The buyers were not named, and the exact terms were not clearly presented to early investors.
According to Crypto Briefing, the token fell below $0.056 after the revelations, reaching a new all-time low. The decline is being interpreted as more than a market reaction to dilution, but as a vote of no confidence in the project’s governance.
The central issue highlighted by Reuters is the token lockup. Reuters reported that around 80% of early investors’ holdings remain locked.
A governance proposal described by Reuters includes a two-year freeze, followed by two additional years of gradual unlocking. This means some investors may not gain full access to their tokens before 2030.
For early public investors, the timeline creates a difficult dynamic: the token price falls while new tokens move through private channels, yet most of their own holdings cannot be freely sold. The situation has led to concerns that investors are effectively “trapped.”
World Liberty Financial argues the structure is intended to protect the ecosystem over the long term. However, the argument is harder to accept when the project continues to arrange private deals. The dispute is framed as one of perceived fairness, not only formal governance.
Reuters describes World Liberty Financial as a crypto company co-founded by Donald Trump and his sons, which has increased political attention around the project—particularly when financial flows are linked to the Trump family.
The most sensitive point concerns the revenue split. Reuters says sales of new tokens send 75% of proceeds to the Trump family. Crypto Briefing adds that 75% of the net proceeds from WLFI sales go to DT Marks DEFI LLC, an entity affiliated with Donald Trump and certain members of his family.
This structure raises a question about the project’s intent: whether WLFI is building a sustainable DeFi ecosystem or functioning as a liquidity channel for insiders. While the answer is not settled, the market reaction suggests investors are filling gaps in transparency with concerns about governance and beneficiaries.
The immediate risk is not only the price decline. A crypto asset can fall and still survive; the deeper risk described in the coverage is credibility. If early backers believe the rules changed after they entered, the project risks losing its most valuable asset: trust.
DeFi is described as relying on rules that are visible, verifiable, and applied consistently. In this case, critics argue that private access, locked tokens, concentrated voting power, and revenue directed toward founder-linked entities blur that promise.
WLFI can still attempt to address the concerns, but the coverage indicates it would need more than a governance vote or defensive messaging. It would need to explain the private sales, clarify beneficiaries, and publish a credible unlock roadmap. Without that, the token may remain constrained by doubts that are described as heavier than volatility.
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