Will the WLFI token be locked up until Trump is ousted? Justin Sun was ruthlessly “harvested” like a sucker, and bitterly condemned “world tyranny.”

Trump family crypto project World Liberty Financial (WLFI) rolls out a new governance proposal, aiming to extend the lock-up period for early investor token holders to two years, along with an additional two years of linear vesting. The largest individual investor in the project, Justin Sun (Justin Sun), blasts the proposal as a real-life “threat,” saying it basically amounts to “world tyranny.” Many investors have even said they will seek a class-action lawsuit.

(Trump family drama again! WLFI pushes back against a viral spread parody post, and Sun )Justin Sun(, the trend guru, has taken action)

New WLFI proposal: accept a four-year lock-up, otherwise permanent freeze

On April 15, WLFI officially published a major proposal on its governance forum, outlining a new token unlock schedule for more than 62.3 billion WLFI governance tokens. Under the proposal, early supporters holding about 17 billion tokens would face a two-year lock-up period followed by a two-year linear vesting, meaning full unlock would have to wait four years.

For insiders such as founders, team members, advisors, and partners: they would take a two-year lock-up plus a three-year linear vesting, and would be required to forcibly burn 10% of their holdings, about 4.5 billion WLFI.

For early supporters:

All 17,043,666,558 locked early supporter tokens move to a 2-year cliff followed by a 2-year linear vest. Full allocation retained. Zero burn.

Holders who do not affirmatively accept the new schedule remain locked indefinitely under existing terms.

— WLFI (@worldlibertyfi) April 15, 2026

Part of the controversy around the proposal is this: if token holders do not proactively accept the new unlock schedule, their tokens would be “locked indefinitely” under the existing terms. WLFI calls this design a signal of “long-term commitment,” and says the proposal needs a quorum of 1 billion WLFI tokens, with voting lasting for seven days.

Justin Sun slams “world tyranny”: This isn’t a vote—it’s coercion

After the news broke, WLFI’s largest individual investor and Tron (Tron) founder Justin Sun posted on X, criticizing the proposal as one of the most “absurd governance scams” he’s ever seen, and saying the entire design is a logic trap. He said the voting outcome would punish token holders who cast against votes, potentially facing the consequence of their tokens being locked indefinitely—essentially using lock-ups to pressure investors into compliance.

Sun emphasized that his own governance tokens and those of several other major holders have already been frozen by WLFI, totaling about 4% of voting power, and they are also unable to participate in this vote. He also accused WLFI’s smart contract control being held by an anonymous multisig wallet, which can directly rewrite the voting results on the contract and can also add certain addresses to a blacklist.

He described WLFI as “world tyranny,” urged all token holders to oppose the proposal through public channels, and said they will preserve the right to pursue legal action.

Token unlock timing lines up with Trump’s time in office ending, investors urge: “Don’t accept” the proposal

Simon Dedic, founder of Moonrock Capital, also said directly: “Those early WLFI investors who thought they had the sure thing have now been cut down by the Trump family. As expected, the unlock timing perfectly matches the remaining term of Trump.” At the same time, some community users warned:

Don’t accept the four-year lock-up terms—preserve your right to file a class-action lawsuit against them. By the time Trump leaves office, the tokens will already be worthless.

Last week, WLFI was revealed to have deposited 5 billion tokens into the lending platform Dolomite —where the co-founder of the platform is also a WLFI advisor —as collateral, and borrowed $75 million in stablecoins, raising questions from outside observers about conflicts of interest.

Sun publicly went after WLFI at the time, accusing it of treating investors like cash machines, while WLFI threatened to sue citing breach of contract and defamation.

WLFI response: the proposal will ensure long-term healthy market supply

In response to external criticism, WLFI spokesperson David Wachsman said: “This proposal is intended to align the interests of all participants in the ecosystem and ensure long-term healthy market supply.” WLFI’s official account also emphasized that Sun’s criticism is baseless and hinted it will take legal action.

Currently, WLFI’s trading price is slightly above $0.08. Since the beginning of this year, it has fallen 40%. And since the historical peak after the token became tradable last year, the decline is more than 75%. With governance and legal disputes continuing to unfold, the trust crisis surrounding the Trump family is unlikely to be resolved in the short term.

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