Political Connections Drive $1.2 Million Airdrop, Boosting Trump-Associated Stablecoin to $2.9 Billion Valuation

World Liberty Financial, a crypto initiative associated with U.S. President Donald

, has revealed plans to distribute 8.4 million governance tokens to early supporters of its stablecoin project. This airdrop, worth about $1.2 million, is designed to reward those who joined the USD1 Points Program in the last two months by trading USD1 pairs or holding balances on affiliated exchanges, as reported by . The campaign has generated over $500 million in trading volume, making USD1 the sixth-largest stablecoin by market value at $2.94 billion, according to .

The token distribution will take place on six centralized exchanges—Gate.io, KuCoin, LBank, HTX Global, Flipster, and MEXC—with each exchange determining its own requirements and schedule, as noted by

. World Liberty stated that the Points Program will keep growing, adding new trading pairs, DeFi features, and tokenizing real-world assets like real estate and commodities, according to . The project also recently introduced a debit card linked to USD1 that works with Apple Pay, further integrating the stablecoin into daily spending, Crypto.news reported.

Currently priced at $0.14, the WLFI token has experienced volatility, dropping nearly 70% from its September high of $0.46 but climbing 13% in recent sessions as political and market interest revived, Coinpedia reported. Analysts linked the recent price increase to Trump’s pardon of Binance’s Changpeng Zhao (CZ), which boosted confidence in crypto assets tied to Trump, Coinpedia said. The token’s 24-hour trading volume also jumped 170% to $437 million, showing strong demand from both retail and institutional investors, Coinpedia added.

World Liberty’s USD1 stablecoin, fully backed by the U.S. dollar and held by BitGo, has attracted institutional interest. Earlier this year, Abu Dhabi’s MGX firm used USD1 to complete a $2 billion investment in Binance, marking a major step in institutional adoption, Cointelegraph reported. Despite questions about its reserve attestations, the project is expanding its ecosystem, with plans to tokenize assets and connect with DeFi protocols, Crypto.news reported.

This airdrop highlights World Liberty’s approach of encouraging stablecoin use through loyalty rewards. Community members have praised the move for focusing on “genuine users rather than hype,” pointing to the USD1 Points Program’s achievement of $500 million in volume in just two months, Coinpedia reported. The company also revealed a token buyback and burn strategy to further enhance WLFI’s value, according to

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Although the Trump-affiliated project faces both regulatory and market headwinds, its swift expansion mirrors larger trends in crypto adoption and the growing political impact on digital assets. With USD1’s market cap exceeding $2.9 billion and WLFI’s increasing utility, World Liberty is positioned to remain a significant force in the stablecoin and governance token sector, according to

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