World Liberty Financial (WLFI), a Trump-linked crypto and DeFi venture, is facing a steep token price collapse and a growing liquidity crunch that has trapped many retail investors in its ecosystem. The project’s governance token WLFI has fallen more than 75–85% from its highs, recently hitting all‑time lows around $0.07–$0.09 as on-chain investigations revealed that the company used massive amounts of its own token as collateral to borrow tens or hundreds of millions of dollars in stablecoins from a friendly DeFi protocol. This structure has left ordinary depositors and token holders exposed to concentrated liquidation risk, reduced their ability to withdraw funds, and raised questions about whether insiders insulated themselves while retail bore the downside. According to on-chain data cited by CoinDesk and other outlets, World Liberty Financial pledged about 5 billion WLFI tokens on the Dolomite lending platform—co-founded by a WLFI adviser—to borrow roughly $75 million in stablecoins, including WLFI’s own USD1, in a circular arrangement. Additional analysis from Arkham and other trackers shows WLFI-linked wallets collectively posted over $400 million in WLFI as collateral to borrow around $150 million in USDC and other stablecoins, representing a sizable share of the token’s supply and Dolomite’s total liquidity. Because Dolomite’s USD1 pool has been running at very high utilization (over 90%), many retail lenders cannot fully withdraw, and any sharp WLFI price drop risks triggering liquidations that could crash the token further and leave depositors with bad debt. These stresses have coincided with plans to let early retail purchasers vote on unlocking their vested WLFI allocations, adding further supply fears and selling pressure to an already fragile market. The turmoil comes against a broader backdrop of scrutiny of Trump-linked crypto ventures and World Liberty Financial’s role in that ecosystem. Investigations and reporting describe WLFI as a flagship DeFi and token project associated with the Trump family that raised hundreds of millions of dollars through token sales and has been a significant source of profit for insiders, even as token prices have plunged for late‑arriving buyers. With WLFI’s governance token now trading at a fraction of its launch and peak prices and liquidity conditions tight across its lending arrangements, retail investors are effectively stuck between realizing heavy losses in a thin market or remaining locked in a system whose solvency and governance are under active question.

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