The Trump family's World Liberty Financial (WLFI) has approved a community proposal to airdrop its USD1 stablecoin

The Trump family's World Liberty Financial (WLFI) has approved a community proposal to airdrop its USD1 stablecoin to eligible token holders, according to a May 15 statement.

The Trump family’s World Liberty Financial (WLFI) has approved a community proposal to airdrop its USD1 stablecoin to eligible token holders, according to a May 15 statement.

The governance vote, which ran from May 6 to May 13, received nearly unanimous support, with 99.96% of participants backing the initiative. In total, around 7 billion tokens were committed to the proposal.

Following the approval, WLFI’s team announced it is preparing the rollout and will soon share the final airdrop details.

While the vote clears a significant hurdle, the project reserves the right to proceed with or cancel the airdrop based on operational readiness.

Whales dominate WLFI’s governance voting

Notably, governance data reveals that voting power for the proposal was highly concentrated among whales.

According to the data, just five addresses accounted for over 40% of the total votes. One address alone controlled 1 billion WLFI tokens, which represents 14.75% of the voting weight. Another held 666.7 million tokens, contributing 9.8%, while two others had 500 million each, rendering 7.37% apiece.

This high-level of concentration raises concerns over decentralization and decision-making in the project’s decentralized autonomous organizations (DAO).

The airdrop announcement comes at a sensitive time for WLFI and USD1, which have faced criticism over their political connections and investor profile.

US lawmakers have consistently questioned the project’s ties to US President Donald Trump and flagged potential ethical concerns related to the project.

In a recent letter to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, which was seen by Blockworks and signed by several Democratic lawmakers, they flagged WLFI’s decision to reserve 90% of its token sale for foreign investors.

The lawmakers highlighted that the venture had received a $75 million investment from controversial crypto entrepreneur Justin Sun, who had been under SEC investigation until recently. They noted that:

“The SEC [has] asked the court to pause its enforcement action against Mr. Sun, raising troubling questions about whether the Trump Administration’s apparent abandonment of its gravely serious charges against Mr. Sun constituted an illegal quid pro quo in exchange for his largesse directed at this Trump family venture.”

Considering this, the letter warned that the move could expose the US financial system to risks, especially given allegations that some investors might have ties to criminal activity or ongoing investigations.

However, in response to the accusations, Zach Witkoff, one of the project’s co-founders, argues that the world needs solutions like WLFI and USD1. He wrote:

“America — and the rest of the world — needs solutions like USD1. We will not be intimidated by politicians with an axe to grind.”