Trump-Backed USD1 Stablecoin Soars as World Liberty Financial Plans Reward Airdrop
The Trump family-owned crypto platform World Liberty Financial (WLFI) has suggested a USD1 stablecoin airdrop for early WLFI token holders.
Quick overview
- World Liberty Financial (WLFI) is proposing a USD1 stablecoin airdrop for early token holders, with 99.97% of votes in favor until May 14.
- The airdrop aims to test the platform's distribution system while rewarding early supporters with a small amount of USD-pegged stablecoins.
- USD1, launched in March 2025, has rapidly grown to a market valuation of $2.125 billion, becoming the seventh-largest stablecoin globally.
- Despite its success, concerns remain about its political connections and liquidity issues compared to more established stablecoins.
The Trump family-owned crypto platform World Liberty Financial (WLFI) has suggested a USD1 stablecoin airdrop for early WLFI token holders. With 99.97% of votes in favor thus far, the idea—which is under vote until May 14—has gotten overwhelmingly approval.
The project seeks to test the airdrop system of the platform while honoring early project backers. The May 6 proposal put out in the WLFI governance forum states that qualified WLFI token holders will receive a meager number of USD-pegged stablecoins from the airdrop.
“Enuring smart contract capability and readiness requires first testing the airdrop process in a live environment. The proposal says, “this distribution also acts as a meaningful way to thank our earliest supporters and introduce them to USD1.”
USD1’s Remarkable Growth in Record Time
USD1 launched just two months ago in March 2025 and has seen explosive expansion to reach a market valuation of $2.125 billion. USD1’s place as the seventh-largest stablecoin worldwide and fastest-growing stablecoin in crypto history have been guaranteed by its explosive growth.
The choice of the stablecoin as the official means for completing a big $2 billion investment deal between cryptocurrency exchange Binance and investment company MGX explains most of its meteoric rise. Made at the Token2049 Dubai crypto conference in late April, this announcement by WLFI co-founder Zach Witkoff sent USD1’s market valuation above the $2 billion level.
Distribution and Availability
With intentions to grow to more chains in the future, USD1 is presently available on two blockchain systems: Ethereum and Binance Smart Chain (BSC). With almost 99% of USD1 (2.113 billion tokens) presently active on BSC, the token distribution exhibits fascinating traits; Ethereum hosts just 14.49 million coins.
Offering a zero-fee trading incentive for the USD1,USDT pair running until December 31, 2025, HTX (previously Huobi) became the first major cryptocurrency exchange to launch USD1 on May 6. Users could only get USD1 previously from distributed exchanges like Uniswap and PancakeSwap.
World Liberty Financial’s USD1: An Institutional-Ready Stablecoin
World Independence Designed for both businesses and ordinary investors, USD1 is a “institutional-ready stablecoin”. USD1 is a fiat-backed stablecoin with reserves mostly kept in short-term US government treasuries and cash equivalents, custodied by digital asset business BitGo, same to other stablecoins like USDC and USDT.
WLFI Co-founder Zach Witkoff, along with Eric Trump, presented the USD1 vision during an appearance at TOKEN 2049, tackling three fundamental issues in traditional finance: lack of transparency, financial exclusion of notable worldwide populations, and ineffective cross-border payment systems.
Political Connections and Potential Risks
Although USD1’s explosive expansion is remarkable, experts point out that institutional transactions and political ties seem to be mostly responsible for its success instead than natural retail acceptance. The stablecoin’s inextricable links to President Donald Trump and his family provide it special benefits in obtaining special institutional deals as well as maybe political slights.
Though the project has committed to frequent third-party audits of its reserve portfolio, other noteworthy issues include the present lack of public attestations on USD1’s reserves. Furthermore, the stablecoin still has liquidity issues in comparison to more established rivals even with the recent HTX listing.
Next Steps for the USD1 Airdrop
Although specifics about the forthcoming airdrop are still lacking, the plan shows that the authorized money and the overall number of qualified wallets will guide the USD 1 distribution amount. WLFI says that it reserves the “right to discontinue, suspend, modify or terminate the test airdrop” at any moment; the date for the airdrop is yet unknown.
With the vote set for May 14 and overwhelming support already shown, qualified WLFI holders could probably anticipate to get their USD1 incentives in the next weeks, therefore attesting to yet another turning point in the fast growth of this politically-connected stablecoin initiative.
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