Donald Trump’s crypto venture World Liberty Financial debuted with a $7.4 billion valuation, heavy trading volumes, and institutional interest, while Justin Sun reinforced support by linking WLFI’s success with TRON’s stablecoin growth.
World Liberty Financial (WLFI), a crypto initiative linked to Donald Trump, launched on Sept. 1 with a valuation exceeding $7.4 billion. The token surged 13% to $0.2525 soon after launch, generating over $1.8 billion in trading volume. Ethereum gas fees spiked above 60 gwei as traders rushed to participate. The launch introduced 24.6 billion WLFI tokens, with 10 billion retained by World Liberty Financial, Inc., 7.78 billion assigned to Alt5 Sigma, 2.9 billion directed for liquidity, and more than 4 billion distributed to public sale participants. The remaining 76 billion tokens remain locked or vested for partners, the team, and treasury. Trump Jr. emphasized WLFI’s governance role, while Justin Sun pledged not to sell his holdings and announced TRON’s USD1 stablecoin circulation expansion to $200 million to mark the launch.