World Liberty Financial's native token (WLFI) is holding steady after the project's community overwhelmingly approved a plan to direct 100% of protocol-owned liquidity fees toward a buyback-and-burn mechanism. The proposal, introduced on September 12, 2025, earmarks all fees generated by WLFI's liquidity positions on Ethereum, Binance Smart Chain, and Solana for open-market purchases of WLFI that will be permanently burned.
Voting results show overwhelming consensus with more than 1.3 billion votes (99.48%) in favor and just 0.12% against. Turnout reached 135% of the required quorum, with the formal voting period ending September 19. The plan is designed to shrink circulating supply and reinforce a deflationary narrative similar to Ethereum's approach.
WLFI is currently trading near $0.20, up 0.2% over the past 24 hours and 7.8% higher on the week, according to CoinGecko data. The token has a market capitalization of $5.4 billion and daily trading volumes of approximately $480 million. However, the Trump-affiliated token remains down around 35% since its September 1 launch, when it initially traded as high as $0.46 before collapsing to lows near $0.21.
The proposal comes as a corrective measure following a turbulent launch that saw early volatility and criticism regarding the Trump family's outsized stake, which surged their net worth by approximately $5 billion on launch day. The project previously attempted to stabilize sentiment with a burn of 47 million tokens (0.19% of supply) on September 2, but the price failed to rebound significantly.
Supporters argue that tying burns to trading activity creates alignment between token usage and long-term value, while analysts caution that future token unlocks may offset the deflationary effect of burns. The program applies only to liquidity pools controlled directly by WLFI, with fees from community or third-party liquidity providers remaining unaffected.