World Liberty Financial’s WLFI token recently reached a major milestone, recording its largest-ever realized profit event.
On-chain analytics firm Santiment reported that 1.8 billion WLFI tokens tied to the Trump-linked project were sold at a profit on May 18. That surge in profitable sales occurred just weeks after WLFI plunged to an all-time low.
WLFI Holders Cash Out After Binance-Linked Catalyst
Santiment also highlighted a metric known as “age consumed,” which multiplies tokens moved on-chain by their period of dormancy. That metric hit an all-time high of 17.4 trillion, signaling unusually high movement of long-dormant supply.
The analytics firm attributed the activity to Binance listing a USD1/BTC trading pair that allowed traders to use WLFI’s USD1 stablecoin as collateral for Bitcoin futures for the first time. That listing created a rare exit opportunity for long-term holders after WLFI had spent months sliding lower.
“This was a major, well-publicized event that gave long-time holders a high-profile moment to finally cash out,” Santiment wrote.
Despite the recent bounce, WLFI remains down more than 80% from its September 2025 all-time high near $0.33. The situation worsened late last month when WLFI crashed to a new low near $0.05.
Santiment said that collapse followed prolonged “governance drama,” including a controversial token unlock proposal involving 62 billion tokens and several reports of secret token sales that reportedly benefited insiders.
The unlock proposal prompted intense scrutiny from holders and sparked a public dispute with Tron investor Justin Sun, one of World Liberty’s largest backers, who called the proposal “one of the most absurd governance scams” he had ever seen.
Sun subsequently filed a lawsuit against the project in a U.S. federal court in California. World Liberty Financial responded with its own countersuit, accusing Sun of orchestrating “a coordinated media smear campaign.”
Where WLFI Stands Now
Beyond unlocking long-dormant tokens, the Binance listing coincided with other notable on-chain activity, including several large USD1 burn transactions linked to World Liberty that were flagged by analysts.
At the time of writing, WLFI traded around $0.061, representing an almost 12% decline over the past seven days and a roughly 22% drop in the last month.
The token’s market capitalization sits near $1.9 billion, with a fully diluted valuation close to $6.1 billion. Only about 31.8 billion of the 100 billion total WLFI supply are currently in circulation.
Open interest in WLFI futures stood at $181.7 million, according to CoinGlass. Approximately $226,000 worth of positions were liquidated over the past 24 hours, with just over $133,000 of those liquidations coming from long positions.