World Liberty Launches WLFI Staking, Plans $1.25M USD1 Pool
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World Liberty Financial launched $WLFI staking on Oct. 1, with a planned initial rewards pool of $1.25 million in $USD1 to be allocated over 180 days.
“You voted. It's live,” the company said, scheduling the first rewards deposit for Oct. 2 between 8 and 9 a.m. ET.
Holders must open a 180-day staking position using unlocked $WLFI on Ethereum, with no early exit, according to the staking documentation. To claim rewards, they need one personally cast governance vote for every full 90 days staked, counted when they claim: two votes at day 180. Votes must come from the staking wallet after the position opens; a delegate’s votes do not count.
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The proposal went to a vote Sept. 21 and passed when voting closed Sept. 28. Support represented 82.1% of all voting power cast, including abstentions, according to The Defiant’s calculation from the final Snapshot tally. About 2.11 billion $WLFI in voting power participated, exceeding the 1 billion $WLFI quorum.
A Shared Pool, Not a Fixed Return
The $1.25 million is funding for the shared pool, not a guaranteed payout to holders. Individual rewards depend on the available pool, each participant’s share of all $WLFI staked and how long their tokens have been staked. With funding unchanged, additional stakes dilute the rewards available per token. The dashboard’s annualized reward rate is an estimate, not a rate holders lock in.
From day 180, participants who meet the voting requirement can claim $USD1 and either withdraw their $WLFI or lock it for another 180 days. Those who withdraw without meeting the voting requirement forfeit their accrued rewards to the pool. All $WLFI holders retain voting rights without staking, but still-locked early-supporter tokens cannot be staked to earn rewards.
World Liberty says it intends to propose at least one governance vote per calendar quarter. Its staking agreement does not reduce the required vote count if too few proposals are available; participants can wait to qualify or withdraw after the lock expires without rewards.
The approved proposal envisages top-ups every two weeks from sources that may include the treasury and World Liberty Markets fees. Those allocations remain discretionary, and the program can be reduced, suspended or ended.
The bigger picture
How $WLFI Reworked Its Staking Blueprint
$WLFI’s September proposal called for replacing the staking design approved March 12. The earlier blueprint linked voting with unlocked tokens to staking and made voting power depend on both the amount staked and the remaining lock duration.
Two Designs for $WLFI Governance
The current rules separate voting from the incentive to lock. Holders can leave unlocked tokens unstaked without losing voting eligibility, and staking does not increase a token’s voting weight. Locking plus direct voting qualifies a holder for potential rewards, rather than extra governance power. The incentive to give up liquidity therefore comes from the reward pool—not from gaining access to the vote.
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