WLFI holders approve plan to use 5% of treasury to boost USD1 adoption

The decentralized finance project tied to the family of US President Donald Trump has approved a governance initiative to accelerate the adoption of its dollar-pegged stablecoin, USD1.

According to World Liberty Financial’s official announcement on X, the project’s community passed the proposal on Sunday by 77.75%.

As Cryptopolitan reported in mid-December, the proposal recommends allocating not less than 5% of unlocked WLFI holdings toward incentives for centralized and decentralized finance platforms that list or promote USD1.

WLFI greenlights proposal to allocate treasury funds for USD1 promotion

According to the advisory proposal published on the project’s forum, WLFI is making a coordinated attempt to use treasury resources to directly influence USD1’s ecosystem growth. While non-binding in nature, the vote creates more rules for how future treasury decisions could be handled.

“WLFI moves where its community directs it. This is your ecosystem and your call. Today’s vote will be proof that governance here drives growth,” the project’s team said in a post on X after the ballot was closed.

The governance document doubled down on practicing transparency, stating that any token deployment would be publicly disclosed. WLFI added that more details of partnerships and incentive structures would be shared on its website and through written project communications.

USD1 is the first flagship product within the World Liberty Financial ecosystem, and has grown to nearly $3 billion in total value locked, according to project data tracked from its debut six months ago. World Liberty Financial believes in sustaining this momentum through targeted incentives that would help it compete with the rest of the stablecoin market. 

WLFI token starts 2026 with a 20% weekly price uptrend

WLFI’s governance vote comes on the heels of an upward price breakout in its token, which, despite falling 0.62% over the past 24 hours to $0.173, has counted a 20% increase in the last seven days.

The coin rose 11% throughout the weekend after news of US military action in Venezuela spread, then holders locked in gains near a key resistance band between $0.172 and $0.182. 

In his first interview and televised address to the nation following the strikes, POTUS Trump said the US would take control of Venezuela’s oil industry. He added that Venezuela holds more than 300 billion barrels of oil, assets he said are worth over $17 trillion at current market prices.

The president also mentioned that he did not inform Congress ahead of the military action, claiming an advance notice would have resulted in leaks that could have compromised the operation.

WLFI had a hard time getting above its 50- and 100-period exponential moving averages all through December. But on New Year’s Eve, WLFI eventually broke over the $0.15 to $0.155 range and passed the 20, 50, 100, and 200 EMAs one after the other.

The 200 EMA near $0.147 has since turned upward and now sits below its current price. On the four-hour chart, RSI moved into the high-60s and briefly touched the low-70s during the breakout, a sign of early consolidation rather than an exhaustion top. 

Trump-family crypto empire to grow in 2026

The governance vote also comes as Trump-affiliated entities add more digital asset products. According to a press statement from the Trump Media and Technology Group, the company behind the Truth Social platform, plans to issue a new crypto to its shareholders are underway.

The firm said the token would be distributed on a one-for-one basis, where investors will receive one digital token for each share they hold. US President Trump, the largest shareholder in the company, has so far delivered on his promise to make the West more supportive of the crypto economy and businesses.

Trump Media said the initiative was part of a strategy to engage shareholders through blockchain-based products. The token will be distributed through a partnership with the Crypto.com exchange and is expected to operate on the Cronos blockchain.

Devin Nunes, the company’s chief executive, told news reporters the new token has a “first-of-its-kind distribution” to “reward Trump Media shareholders, and promote fair and transparent markets”.

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