World Liberty Financial Unveils ’Guaranteed Direct Access’ for $5M Token Lockup
World Liberty Financial (WLFI), the Trump family's DeFi venture, issued a stark warning to investors Friday as its token plunged 10% from recent highs. The platform unveiled a controversial new program offering 'guaranteed direct access' to key team members in exchange for locking $5 million in tokens for six months and surrendering voting rights, raising immediate questions about governance and regulatory scrutiny.
World Liberty Financial Introduces ‘Super Nodes’
This new initiative includes family members of President Trump among the “Supporting Team” listed in World Liberty’s documentation. Eric Trump, Donald Trump Jr., and Barron Trump are all mentioned, though the company has clarified that they will not be part of the direct access arrangement.
Voting on this proposal closed on Thursday, with the company claiming that 99% of the 1,786 votes cast were in favor of the new arrangement.
The introduction of a tiered structure for token holders, referred to as “Super Nodes,” represents a shift from the company’s earlier commitment to democratizing access to financial resources.
David Wachsman, the company’s spokesman, clarified that while Super Nodes will have access to the WLFI team, it does not guarantee a partnership. Instead, it suggests that significant participation in governance will be encouraged.
According to World Liberty’s website, this initiative aims to incentivize token holders to engage more actively in the governance of the crypto firm, which generated over $460 million for the Trump family in the first half of 2025.
Exclusive Dinner For TRUMP Memecoin Holders
To become a Super Node, investors must stake 50 million WLFI tokens. By staking their tokens for six months, holders will not only gain voting rights on governance matters but also earn a yield of 2% in WLFI tokens for participating in at least two votes.
Previously, all WLFI token holders enjoyed the ability to vote on alterations to the company’s underlying code, with each token representing one vote. They could also express their opinions on the venture’s strategic directions, as outlined in World Liberty’s Gold Paper.
However, with the passage of this new proposal, voting rights will now be restricted to those who have staked their tokens for the designated period, further limiting access to crucial governance processes.
In a related development, Bitcoinist reported that President Trump is preparing to host the second exclusive dinner for holders of his official memecoin, TRUMP, scheduled for April 25 at Mar-a-Lago.
At the time of writing, World Liberty Financial’s native token, WLFI, is trading at $0.1079. This represents gains of almost 6% over the last 24 hours, as the wider cryptocurrency market has experienced a significant recovery ahead of the end of the week.
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