Key Takeaways

WLFI heads into launch with $483 million locked supply. But with hype, liquidity unlocks and Trump’s pump-and-dump precedent, will fundamentals and DeFi utility keep WLFI from the same fate?

World Liberty Financial [WLFI] is heating up for its September launch.

Notably, its Futures Open Interest (OI) has ripped 6x in ten days, jumping from $145 million to $600 million, with 54% stacked on Binance. That’s over $300 million in speculative flow piled into one orderbook.

Meanwhile, on-chain, 1.63 billion WLFI (16% supply, $483 million) sits in the Lockbox, primed for a liquidity unlock.

But in a risk-off tape, is this setup shaping up for another TRUMP-style “pump-and-dump”?

Speculative frenzy meets on-chain facts

One key strategic move by WLFI is the Lockbox.

WLFI’s Lockbox holds 16% supply to control market flow. At launch, only 20% of early backers’ allocations (5% supply) are tradable.

The rest stay locked, ensuring a controlled, transparent rollout and preventing a dump.

Simply put, early backers will have 500 million WLFI (5% of supply) available to trade at launch, while the remaining 80% tokens unlock gradually under smart contract rules.

Apart from this, WLFI is expanding its USD1 stablecoin to Solana.

For context, the project recently minted 100 million USD1 tokens on Solana [SOL], adding to its ex

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Author: Ritika Gupta