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After months of controversy and waiting, WLFI finally reached a decisive moment. On August 26, the Trump family crypto project WLFI announced the launch of the Lockbox page, where holders can move tokens into it and prepare to start the unlocking process. On September 1 at 8 a.m. ET, WLFI will complete its first release – 20% of the initial allocation of tokens will officially enter circulation. For this governance token, which was once written in the white paper as "probably never tradable", this step almost symbolizes a turning point in the project's narrative: from concept, voting to actual cashing, WLFI is completing the transformation from a "political symbol" to a "tradable asset". The designers behind WLFI World Liberty Financial (WLFI) was founded on September 16 last year under the guidance of real estate magnate Steve Witkoff and his son Zach, and the co-founders also include crypto KOL Chase Herro, Zak Folkman. The Trump family also occupies a prominent position, with Trump listed as the "chief crypto advocate" and his sons Eric, Donald Jr. and Barron as "Web3 ambassadors." In addition, WLFI has three technical leads, 1. Rich Teo: Head of Stablecoin and Payment, previously founded the exchange itBit and stablecoin company Paxos, and currently serves as the CEO of Paxos Asia. In addition, Rich is an advisor to the SocialFi project RepubliK. 2. Corey Caplan: Head of technology strategy and co-founder of DeFi platform Dolomite, responsible for integrating lending and trading functions. 3. Bogdan Purnavel: Lead developer, former developer of Dough Finance. One of World Liberty Financial's first moves was the sale of its own tokens, with the ICO beginning on October 15, 2024, selling 20 billion $WLFI at $0.015, earning the company approximately $300 million. On January 20, 2025, the day of Trump's inauguration, WLFI announced its second token sale, citing "significant demand and strong interest." Another 5 billion tokens were issued at $0.05, a 230% increase from the initial offering. The second sale was completed nearly two months later on March 14, reaching the full target of $250 million. According to WLFI's "Golden Book", WLFI tokens will give holders voting rights on important matters affecting the protocol, such as upgrades. Of the expected token distribution, 33.893% will be through token sales, 32.6% will be used for incentives and community development, 30% will be allocated to "initial supporters", and 3.5% will be "core team and advisors". The project white paper also reads, "Issuing $WLFI tokens to raise funds and purchase mainstream project tokens with growth potential, $WLFI token holders share the share income of asset portfolio appreciation." The project whitepaper clearly states that the $WLFI purchased by users is only a governance token, and the $550 million already belongs to the project party. However, the Trump family's multiple encryption layouts seem to "foreshadow" that WLFI will not be as simple as a non-transferable token for "identity verification". Now, with the opening of the Lockbox function, WLFI's token issuance logic has officially entered the "cash-out stage", and the previously 55 billion sold tokens will be gradually released under the community governance framework. How much is the WLFI token valued? On August 23, WLFI announced the initial unlocking rules, and only the token shares of early presale users will be unlocked at the initial opening of WLFI. Specifically, 20% of WLFI purchased by each address in rounds of $0.015 and $0.05 will be unlocked, and the remaining 80% of the unlocking plan will still be decided by the community through governance voting. Founders, teams, advisors, and partners remain locked in token shares, and none of these categories will be included in the initial unlock. The market generally believes that the launch of WLFI is a potential "price repricing" moment. The initial 20% unlock release is not only a test of capital attention, but also an important inflection point for WLFI's market capitalization to hit a higher range. Based on the valuation of $1.5 billion (corresponding to $0.015/coin) in the first round of financing and the valuation of $5 billion ($0.05/coin) in the second round, the current OTC price of $0.24 means that WLFI's valuation has increased by more than 16 times in the past 8 months. In terms of horizontal comparison, the market generally regards WLFI as a heavyweight project that benchmarks the TRUMP token. The latter rushed to a market capitalization of $80 billion at the beginning of its launch, while WLFI's current preliminary market capitalization forecast is close to $30 billion, and the market has a lot of room for imagination in its expectations. Which big players have bought it? According to Accountable.US and Bloomberg, at least 14 of the top 50 WLFI addresses hold more than 6.7 billion WLFI tokens (with a market capitalization of approximately $335 million) through US-restricted trading platforms, and the most notable holder is undoubtedly Justin Sun. In November 2024, TRON DAO, owned by Justin Sun, became the largest independent investor in World Liberty Financial (WLFI), subscribing for up to 3 billion WLFI tokens for $30 million. According to people familiar with the matter, the transaction price was much lower than the issue price of $0.015 expected by the market at that time, and the actual transaction price was $0.01, which means that Justin Sun entered the market with a discount of about 66%. This price not only earned it early investment dividends but also established its central position in the WLFI project. Subsequently, WLFI officially issued an announcement on November 27, 2024, announcing that Justin Sun had joined the project as an advisor, but Justin's introduction was not seen on WLFI's official website. Aqua1 Fund On June 26, Web3 native fund Aqua 1 announced the strategic purchase of WLFI, the governance token of World Liberty Financial, a $100 million Trump family crypto project, aiming to participate in the governance of the decentralized finance platform and accelerate the construction of the blockchain financial ecosystem. According to on-chain information, Aqua1 Fund holds 800,000,000 WLFI. In addition, Aqua 1 plans to set up an Aqua Fund in the Middle East and co-incubate RWA tokenization platform BlockRock with WLFI. DWF Labs In April 2025, DWF Labs, an Abu Dhabi-based crypto investment and market-making agency, announced that it had spent $25 million to purchase tokens issued by World Liberty Financial (WLFI), a crypto project controlled by the Trump family. Mike Dudas Mike Dudas, founder of 6th Man Ventures and The Block, purchased over $145,000 worth of WLFI tokens on the eve of Trump's inauguration on January 20, 2025. Approximately 970,000 WLFI. Troy Murray BarnBridge DAO member Troy Murray purchased approximately 666,000 WLFI tokens. Sigil Fund (pseudonym Fiskantes) The Gibraltar-based fund, whose chief investment officer goes by the pseudonym "Fiskantes", spent 40 Ethereum (about $130,000) to buy WLFI tokens, which is about 400,000 WLFI at the WLFI issue price. From "non-tradable" governance tokens to asset circulation unlocked by Lockbox; From "Presidential Ambassador" to on-chain positions; From stablecoin financing vehicles to international investment matchmaking platforms, WLFI presents an unusual narrative where political and capital forces are intersecting through the medium of cryptocurrency. The initial unlock on September 1 will be the starting point for WLFI to enter the real market game, and it will also be a key moment to test whether the triple narrative of "politics-finance-crypto" can be realized.