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World Liberty Financial Token Holds Steady as Community Backs Buyback-and-Burn Plan
WLFI edges higher on the week as holders rally behind a deflationary strategy to counter post-launch weakness.
Sep 12, 2025, 6:45 a.m.
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What to know:
- World Liberty Financial's token, WLFI, remains stable after a community-approved plan to use liquidity fees for a buyback-and-burn mechanism.
- WLFI is trading near $0.20, with a market cap of $5.4 billion and daily trading volumes around $480 million.
- The proposal to burn tokens received overwhelming support, with 99.48% of votes in favor, aiming to create a deflationary model similar to Ethereum.
World Liberty Financial’s native token (WLFI) is holding steady after the project’s community overwhelmingly approved a plan to direct all protocol-owned liquidity fees toward a buyback-and-burn mechanism.
WLFI is trading near $0.20, up 0.2% over the past 24 hours and 7.8% higher on the week, according to CoinGecko data. The token has a market capitalization of $5.4 billion and daily trading volumes of approximately $480 million.
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The Trump-affiliated token is down around 35% since launch.
The proposal, introduced late Thursday U.S. time, earmarks 100% of fees generated by WLFI’s liquidity positions on Ethereum, Binance Smart Chain, and Solana for open-market purchases of WLFI that will be permanently burned. The plan is designed to shrink circulating supply and reinforce a deflationary narrative.
Voting shows overwhelming consensus: more than 1.3 billion votes, or 99.48%, are in favor, with just 0.12% against. Turnout reached 135% of the required quorum. The vote formally ends September 19.
Supporters of the proposal argue that tying burns to trading activity creates alignment between token usage and long-term value.
With the buyback-and-burn plan now set to pass, WLFI is trying to shift investor focus from early volatility to a long-term scarcity model, similar to Ethereum.
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