The new WLFI proposal sparks controversy as the community accuses the official team of manipulating votes to exploit locked token holders.

BlockBeats News, January 21, the Trump family crypto project World Liberty Fi sparked controversy in the crypto community recently due to a new proposal submitted at the end of 2025.

Reportedly, the proposal calls for "using 5% of the unlocked WLFI treasury holdings to promote USD1 growth." Although it was originally rejected by a majority vote when the quorum was reached, the result was reversed only after the team and its partners forcefully pushed it through.

Crypto KOL DeFi^2 stated that Bubble Maps data shows most of the top voting wallets for this proposal belong to the team or strategic partners, indicating this was clearly a manipulated vote. Data reveals that the WLFI team holds 33.5% of the total token supply, strategic partners hold another 5.85%, while the public sale share is only 20%.

It is reported that WLFI holders have no right to allocate any protocol revenue. According to the WLFI whitepaper, 75% of protocol revenue goes to the Trump family, and 25% to the Witkoff family. The passage of this proposal means the team used a seemingly fair vote to sell off WLFI tokens, sacrificing the interests of locked token holders and channeling protocol revenue solely to themselves.

As of press time, the WLFI token is priced at $0.1641, with a market cap still at 4.469 billions USD and an FDV as high as 16.4 billions USD.