TLDR:
- Event: World Liberty Finance is going public from June 28, 2025, and the industry is optimistic if it will mimic the TRUMP token’s meteoric rise or face selling pressure of epic proportions with the 15.75% stakes of Trump.
- Context: Backed by the Trump group, WLFI has collected over $550 million worth of pre-sales with off-exchange price set at $0.12, and issues pertaining to direction after going public with high control by important shareholders.
Earlier today, the Trump crypto initiative project World Liberty Financial (WLFI) hinted at a significant news dump and implied the forthcoming release of token transfers, rekindling community anticipation with “The big one is coming.” The expectation mounts as WLFI approaches public release, the only question on everyone’s mind being if it will replicate the runaway success of the TRUMP token or succumb to “presidential selling pressure” due to Trump’s significant holdings.
Mid-June market speculation had WLFI gearing up for early release following the project team removing the required 12-month lock-up term from its homepage and substituting it with a statement maintaining the right of the company to revise terms at will. The action temporarily pushed WLFI’s off-market price to $0.15, ten times its initial pre-sale price of $0.015, though it’s since fallen back to around $0.12. The launch remains pending, and market watchers are closely monitoring its fate.
WLFI pre-sale has also been a success, raising more than $550 million in three offerings. The first, in October 2024, sold 20 billion tokens at $0.015 per token (20% of supply out of the 100 billion total supply) and subsequently sold out on January 20, 2025, at $300 million as demand from the market increased after the release of the Trump coin. The second offering at $0.05 per token sold 5 billion tokens at 5% of supply through March 14, 2025, at $250 million. The third, an institutional sale at $0.1 per token, sold a $25 million order by DWF Labs and an $80 million order by a whale twice in June, although the quantity can vary depending on unspecified details.
Of the 100 billion WLFI tokens, 26.05% are pre-sold, while 73.95% remain unaccounted for in publicly available information. Nevertheless, the White House, through Trump’s 2025 financial disclosure, revealed that the latter holds 15.75 billion WLFI tokens (15.75% supply) in an ETH wallet worth approximately $1.89 billion based on the prevailing $0.12 off-market price. Another significant holder, Justin Sun, spent $75 million through HTX partners and TRON DAO and holds 3 billion tokens (3% supply). On-chain data reference 85,870 WLFI holders with 77% of the purchases below $1,000 corresponding to 2% tokens, while 64 holders with more than $1 million in purchases hold 56.4%.
The high density of WLFI in big hands is an opportunity and also a threat. While it can be harnessed to pump stocks, the sale would put enormous pressure, particularly from Trump and institutions such as DWF Labs. The 15.75% holding by Trump is a ticking time bomb ready to explode, given the record of the Trumps treating crypto like an ATM, evidenced from previous observation of the TRUMP token’s fate. The community is presumably nervous, aware that the utility of WLFI to the world of crypto would protect against instant revenge but that there is a genuine threat of a market dump if such tokens are put in the market.
Post-launch price projections vary substantially. At the level of the 26.05 billion pre-sold tokens trading at $0.12, the market capitalization would be $3.12 billion, the same level as Aptos at 39th position. At $0.5, it would be $13 billion, beating HYPE at 13th position; at $1, it would be $26 billion, beating DOGE and TRX at 8th position. TRUMP token all-time high at $82 had a market capitalization of $13 billion, and WLFI can also be targeting $0.5. Comparatively, using the market capitalization of $44.7 billion and the circulating supply of $23.7 billion value of Circle, WLFI can also be targeting $0.8 to $1. Extremely optimistic projections are its price upon release at $0.47, then at $4.7, and then at $47, bridging the “47” theme of WLFI airdrop and the US presidency.
As WLFI gets ready to go public, the crypto community holds its breath. Will it be the next TRUMP, or will the “presidential selling pressure” cut its upswing short? The world will just have to wait and see in the delicate dance of the market forces, the sentiment of the community, and the Trump clan’s next move.
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