- World Liberty Financial minted 100 million USD1 stablecoins on Solana.
- WLFI secured over $2.26 billion in funding and will launch its governance token on September 1, 2025.
World Liberty Financial has officially launched its USD1 stablecoin on the Solana blockchain. The initiative reportedly issued 100 million USD1 tokens in 50 minutes after launch based on blockchain analytics provider Lookonchain.
100M $USD1 was minted on #Solana 50 minutes ago.https://t.co/PpVWaBXMHm pic.twitter.com/OzDx8fA41B
— Lookonchain (@lookonchain) August 30, 2025
The substantial mint is one of the biggest stablecoin releases on Solana this year. The reason why WLFI chose Solana is because it has the capability of high-speed transaction processing and low charges as opposed to other blockchain networks.
Solana co-founder Anatoly Yakovenko supported the USD1 launch on social media. His endorsement underscores the increased institutional adoption of the Solana ecosystem to large-scale financial projects.
Exchange Integrations Drive Market Access
Major exchanges have already verified USD1 listing before the extensive release of the token to the market. Coinbase has said it would support USD1 trading pairs on its platform.
On September 1, 2025, the governance token of WLFI will be listed at HTX exchange. The exchange already accepts deposits and plans to provide WLFI/USDT and WLFI/USD1 trading pairs.
🦅HTX is listing $WLFI on September 1, 2025!
🦅 @worldlibertyfi @justinsuntron, @ZachWitkoff, @EricTrump, @zakfolkman, @watcherchase makes its debut on HTX!
🪂 Deposits are now open
📈 Trading goes live soon, don’t miss out!https://t.co/sDCohaOX1Q pic.twitter.com/hWxwzT9cbo— HTX (@HTX_Global) August 29, 2025
KuCoin also concurrently confirmed its own WLFI listing of the same date. The exchange characterised WLFI as the base token of a DeFi protocol to back USD-based stablecoins.
📢 World Premiere Listing: @worldlibertyfi $WLFI is coming soon to #KuCoin!
World Liberty Financial $WLFI is a governance token powering a DeFi protocol dedicated to promoting USD-based stablecoins and preserving the U.S. Dollar’s global dominance. Built to keep the dollar… pic.twitter.com/3yxlYfrenL
— KuCoin (@kucoincom) August 29, 2025
The estimated budget of the project is more than $2.26 billion, before its launch in September. This financing round indicates that the investors have a strong faith in the market approach of WLFI.
Strategic Positioning in DeFi Markets
WLFI will unify traditional internet capital markets with decentralized finance protocols. The initiative uses its association with President Donald Trump to expand its reach in the market outside crypto-native audiences.
The 100 million mint of tokens generated large liquidity reserves on Solana. It is now possible to lend, trade and settle USD1 on the network.
KuCoin has launched a USD1 points scheme to reward adoption. Rewards are earned by trading, staking and holding USD1 tokens. The program doubles rewards for maker limit orders.
WLFI poses USD1 as a competitor to the existing stablecoins in the market. The project underlines the idea of ensuring that the US dollar remains the reserve currency of the world by means of blockchain technology.
In another development, Gryphon Digital Mining, a publicly traded Bitcoin miner has received final shareholder approval to merge with American Bitcoin, a mining company linked to US President Donald Trump’s family.
