Trump Family’s World Liberty Share Surges to $6 Billion After Token Unlock

The cryptocurrency linked with the US President and his family unlocked 24.6 billion tokens, making their holdings worth about $6 billion. After the highly anticipated unlocking event on Monday, Sep 01, 2025, the crypto entity associated with Trump and his family experienced a sharp surge in value.

According to World Liberty Financial’s website, “certain family members” of Trump and DT Marks DEFI LLC held 22.5 billion WLFI tokens. The company is now reported to have unlocked 24.6 billion WLFI tokens in a move to establish an impactful internal circulating supply.

As a result of the Monday unlock, the cryptocurrency briefly experienced a sharp rise in price to $0.40 before falling to about $0.24 at the time of publication.

What You Need to Know About the WLFI Token?

President Donald Trump and his family launched the public trading of their Ethereum token WLFI this Monday. The token allows its holders to participate in the governance of World Liberty Financial, which is Trump’s crypto company that was previously locked and untradable.

The WLFI token was initially sold to investors at just 1.5 cents a token in the fall and then for 5 cents a token during its second fundraising round. After the unlocking event on Monday, the price of the WLFI token experienced a surge, and its highest price was recorded at $0.40.

Roundup!

According to World Liberty's official statement earlier on Monday, 33.5 billion WLFI remained reserved for the team members. These tokens are set to be unlocked over time via a vesting schedule, but the details of the schedule have yet to be released. At the current price, the WLFI token’s fully diluted valuation is worth over $26 billion.