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        "rendered": "<div>\n<div>\n<h4 color=\"#333\">In brief<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>World Liberty Financial outlined a pathway for early supporters to gain complete control over their investments, four years from now.<\/li>\n<li>The Trump-backed crypto project\u2019s proposal sparked outrage among some investors, who warned the measure could further erode confidence.<\/li>\n<li>Those investors have seen gains on paper shrink after WLFI\u2019s first unlock, as the token has plunged to $0.08 from $0.23 in September.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><span>Investors eager to access $1.3 billion worth of tokens sold by World Liberty Financial have learned that capitalizing on the Trump-backed crypto venture will likely require years of patience, with a proposed vesting schedule that\u2019s set to outlast the president\u2019s second term.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In a governance <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/governance.worldlibertyfinancial.com\/t\/proposal-early-supporter-founder-team-partner-token-unlock\/53266\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow external noopener\"><span>proposal<\/span><\/a><span> published by World Liberty on Wednesday, the project\u2019s team outlined a four-year pathway that would unlock 17 billion WLFI for early supporters, which is subject to a two-year cliff and two-year vesting period that would begin once the measure is enacted.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The timeline is shorter than the one proposed for World Liberty\u2019s founders, team members, advisors, and partners that would make 40 billion WLFI tradable over the course of five years. Meanwhile, that group would see 4.5 billion in allotted tokens removed from circulation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The proposal says the unlocks for early supporters are designed in a \u201cmeasured, predictable way that the broader market can anticipate,\u201d while the voluntary removal of tokens provides an on-chain signal that the project\u2019s most influential figures have conviction.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>World Liberty <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/decrypt.co\/363928\/trump-linked-wlfi-erases-427-million-token-unlock-proposal-defi-loan\" target=\"_blank\"><span>teased<\/span><\/a><span> the vesting schedule last week after the team drew scrutiny for borrowing $75 million in stablecoins from Dolomite, a decentralized finance protocol co-founded by a World Liberty advisor, using 5 billion WLFI as collateral.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Still, some users within the project\u2019s governance forum were blindsided by the vesting schedule, given that the project began accepting funds in October 2024\u2014or around 550 days ago. \u201cWTF,\u201d one user <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/governance.worldlibertyfinancial.com\/t\/proposal-early-supporter-founder-team-partner-token-unlock\/53266\/83\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow external noopener\"><span>wrote<\/span><\/a><span>. \u201cSo, after a full three years, we\u2019re finally getting our next token distribution.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cI\u2019m going to put these bastards in jail,\u201d another <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/governance.worldlibertyfinancial.com\/t\/proposal-early-supporter-founder-team-partner-token-unlock\/53266\/24\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow external noopener\"><span>threatened<\/span><\/a><span>.<br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The bitterness was shared by Justin Sun, the controversial crypto entrepreneur and Tron founder, who described the proposal as a form of <span>\u201ctyranny\u201d in a lengthy X <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/justinsuntron\/status\/2044478300236746912?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow external noopener\">post<\/a>. He argued that the proposal\u2019s vote is moot because it essentially punishes WLFI holders who oppose it, excludes individuals with massive holdings such as himself, and can be overwritten by those controlling World Liberty\u2019s smart contracts. He also took issue with the fact that those controlling those smart contracts are purportedly anonymous, while investors needed to disclose personal information.<br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<blockquote>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This Is World Tyranny, Not World Liberty Financial \u2014 Here&#8217;s Why<\/p>\n<p>This proposal has been packaged as a &#8220;governance alignment signal&#8221; and a &#8220;long-term commitment,&#8221; but strip away the packaging and what you have is one of the most absurd governance scams I have ever seen. Let me\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/sJhFMnLWsJ\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">https:\/\/t.co\/sJhFMnLWsJ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 H.E. Justin Sun \ud83d\udc68\u200d\ud83d\ude80 \ud83c\udf1e (@justinsuntron) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/justinsuntron\/status\/2044478300236746912?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">April 15, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p><span>\u201cT<\/span>his proposal is not governance,<span>\u201d<\/span> Sun declared. <span>\u201c<\/span>It is an exercise of power by the selected few who are carefully engineering a further power consolidation and property expropriation operation.<span>\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Previously, investors who helped World Liberty raise $550 million during a public token sale last year didn\u2019t know how or when they\u2019d be able to completely access their WLFI. When the token became tradable in September, early supporters gained access to 20% of their holdings.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>At the time, WLFI was valued at $0.23, according to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.coingecko.com\/en\/coins\/world-liberty-financial?chart=type%3Dprice%26mode%3Dline%26timeframe%3Dd365\" target=\"_blank\"><span>CoinGecko<\/span><\/a><span>. Since then, the token\u2019s price has plunged 65% to about $0.08 on Wednesday, situated near an all-time low set last week.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Despite the token\u2019s dramatic fall, it\u2019s likely that World Liberty\u2019s early supporters have still made a profit on paper. WLFI has said that investors participating in last year\u2019s presale purchased swathes of tokens for as little as $0.015 or as much as $0.05 apiece.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>With 80% of those early supporters\u2019 tokens remaining locked, one user <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/governance.worldlibertyfinancial.com\/t\/proposal-early-supporter-founder-team-partner-token-unlock\/53266\/98\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow external noopener\"><span>wrote<\/span><\/a><span> that the \u201cstructure feels overly punitive and risks further eroding holder confidence.\u201d They argued that the two-year blackout period before any tokens move does not provide holders with meaningful relief.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Sun\u2019s remarks escalated a months-long conflict that boiled over in public this weekend after he <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/decrypt.co\/364137\/justin-sun-bashes-trump-world-liberty-financial-investors-personal-atm\" target=\"_blank\"><span>accused<\/span><\/a><span> World Liberty\u2019s team of using investors as their \u201cpersonal ATM\u201d following <\/span><span>the WLFI-backed loan.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The entrepreneur, who had invested $75 million in WLFI, accused World Liberty of embedding a secret backdoor into the token\u2019s smart contracts, enabling it to be frozen. He called on the team to grant him control over tokens that World Liberty <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/decrypt.co\/338149\/world-liberty-blacklists-justin-sun-ethereum-wallet-wlfi?_gl=1*qv3q9m*_up*MQ..*_ga*MTcwODI1NjU1NS4xNzc2Mjc1Mzkz*_ga_S6XJW9326S*czE3NzYyNzUzOTIkbzEkZzEkdDE3NzYyNzUzOTIkajYwJGwwJGgw\" target=\"_blank\"><span>added<\/span><\/a><span> to a blacklist in September. Not long before, Sun had conducted what he described as WLFI \u201cdeposit tests\u201d on an exchange.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The proposal offered by World Liberty on Wednesday noted that holders need to accept the vesting schedule or their tokens will continue to be locked indefinitely. That process includes meeting \u201celigibility requirements determined to be necessary or advisable under applicable law.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Because early supporters\u2019 tokens would remain locked if the proposal failed to pass, one investor expressed concern that their participation was ultimately meaningless.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThere is no democracy,\u201d they <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/governance.worldlibertyfinancial.com\/t\/proposal-early-supporter-founder-team-partner-token-unlock\/53266\/32\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow external noopener\"><span>wrote<\/span><\/a><span>. \u201cThe system is a joke.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<h3>Daily Debrief Newsletter<\/h3>\n<p>Start every day with the top news stories right now, plus original features, a podcast, videos and more.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>",
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