Trump-backed World Liberty Financial bags $550m in token sale at $1.5b pre-valuation

Donald Trump’s protocol, World, Liberty Financial, has raised $ 550 million in its token sales, so far pushing its total funding of almost $ 600 million.

World Liberty Financial, a Decentralized finance project directly linked to Asset Family, has obtained $ 550 million by selling its WLFI tokens, ICO Drops data shows.

With the last financing round, the project assessment would be greater than $ 1.5 billion, with previous reports alluding to what World Liberty Financial aimed to raise $ 300 million to reach this brand. So far, the project has raised $ 590 million since November 2024, when it first obtained $ 30 million From the founder of Tron born in China Justin Sun.

We do not know how many tokens have been sold. Previous reports have suggested that World Liberty Financial could sell up to 20% of the tokens supply. The co-founder of the project, Zak Folkman, would have Mentioned on X that more than 60% of the offer would be sold to the public, with 17% allocated to user awards and 20% for the team.

In mid-February, crypto.News reported This World Liberty Financial sold more than 24 billion tokens, leaving around 950 million tokens available for purchase. When the project started in September 2024, the initial plan was to offer 20% of its 100 billion WLFI tokens.

However, with the rapid adoption of tokens at growing prices, the platform seems to have decided to extend its sale of tokens, perhaps to take advantage of the momentum and collect more funds for its continuous development. “Due to massive demand and overwhelming interest, we decided to open an additional block of 5% of the tokens supply”, the project wrote In an article of January 20 on X.