17-7-2025 – World Liberty Financial’s WLFI token has cleared its governance vote to become publicly tradable, with holders voting 99% in favor of enabling transfers and exchange listings.

The approval unlocks WLFI tokens that have been locked up since the platform’s $590 million presale last year. The governance proposal, which concluded voting today, allows token holders to buy, sell, and trade their WLFI holdings on the open market for the first time. Previously, the token served only as a governance mechanism within the Trump family-backed DeFi platform.

Under the approved framework, WLFI holders will gain expanded voting rights on token emissions, ecosystem incentives, and treasury policy decisions. However, tokens held by founders, team members, and advisors will remain locked despite the transferability approval. President Trump personally holds 15.75 billion governance tokens and reportedly earned $57.4 million from the crypto business in June alone.

The vote represents a significant milestone for World Liberty Financial, which launched in October 2024 as a decentralized finance platform inspired by Donald Trump. The project has raised over $550 million across multiple token sales, with tokens previously available only to accredited investors.