World Liberty Financial introduces WLFI token repurchase program

The Trump-linked DeFi project plans to buy back its governance token, tapping fees tied to its USD1 stablecoin reserves World Liberty Financial is going shopping, and the item on the list is its own token. The Trump family-linked DeFi project will introduce a program to repurchase WLFI, its governance token. How the new buyback is supposed to work The program was unveiled on November 6, 2026, according to the research findings. It will be funded by initial allocations from several sources. One of those sources stands out: fees from the reserves backing USD1, World Liberty’s stablecoin. Put simply, the money behind the dollar token helps generate income, and some of that income will now flow toward buying WLFI. The stated goals go beyond the usual tokenomics. The project says the buyback should encourage active participation in governance and concentrate voting power among committed, long-term holders. The mechanism is fairly intuitive. When the protocol buys tokens from holders who want out, those tokens leave circulation. Holders who stay end up with a larger relative share of the voting pie. World Liberty is positioning this as a long-term, ongoing effort rather than a one-off. I...