Whats the real WLFI？ How to avoid the scammers

The World Liberty Financial token, WLFI, began trading on several crypto exchanges on Monday. Heres how traders can avoid scams.

After months of speculation, the Donald Trump–backed World Liberty Financial (WLFI) token began trading Monday morning. However, confusion remains around the tokens unlock schedule, supported exchanges and distinguishing the legitimate WLFI from a wave of imitations.

What is WLFI？

WLFI is the native token of World Liberty Financial, a decentralized finance (DeFi) platform founded in 2024. While its utility has been kept deliberately vague, the project promotes itself as a bridge between traditional finance and DeFi. WLFI functions as the platforms governance token, giving holders voting power over protocols and strategic decisions.

On Monday, the project confirmed WLFI is officially live with a total supply of 24.66 billion tokens, allocated as follows:

• 10 billion to World Liberty Financial Inc.
• 7.78 billion to enterprise blockchain company Alt5 Sigma Corporation
• 2.88 billion to liquidity and marketing
• Just over 4 billion to the public

Which exchanges support WLFI at launch？

Binance became the first major exchange to list WLFI, offering trading pairs with USDC and USDT. Trading has also gone live on Bybit, Bitget and KuCoin.

Separately, Coinbase announced it will support WLFI on the Ethereum network, with trading to begin once “liquidity conditions are met.”

Source: Coinbase AssetsAvoiding scams

Alongside the hype, numerous WLFI scams have appeared. Analytics firm Bubblemaps identified “bundled clones” — look-alike smart contracts that imitate established crypto projects. Using the wrong contract address could result in a permanent loss of funds.

Source: Bubblemaps

The following are the correct WLFI smart contract addresses across relevant networks:

• Ethereum: 0xdA5e1988097297dCdc1f90D4dFE7909e847CBeF6
• BNB Smart Chain: 0x47474747477b199288bF72a1D702f7Fe0Fb1DEeA
• Solana: WLFinEv6ypjkczcS83FZqFpgFZYwQXutRbxGe7oC16g

Many crypto scams originate on social media, with X being a primary target. Official updates on WLFI tokens should only be trusted if they come from the verified “worldlibertyfi” account on X.

Source: World Liberty FinancialPost-launch volatility

With a circulating supply of about 24.66 billion tokens, WLFI debuted at a market capitalization of $6.4 billion, according to CoinMarketCap. Trading volumes surged, and the token climbed 14% to $0.26.

As with many crypto launches, WLFIs price action reflects a mix of speculative demand, limited liquidity and uncertainty around long-term adoption — factors that can drive sharp volatility in the early days.