Jakarta, Pintu News – World Liberty Financial has opened voting to determine whether USD1 will be airdropped to early WLFI token holders. This vote is part of the testing of the airdrop mechanism they are developing.
To date, support from the community has been strong with over 2.6 billion tokens, or about 99.97% of the vote, in favor of the proposal. Only a small number, around 940k tokens, are against the airdrop proposal.
Crypto platform World Liberty Financial (WLFI), which has the backing of the Trump family, plans to distribute a small amount of their new USD1 stablecoin – whose value is pegged to the US dollar.
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This airdrop is intended as a token of appreciation to early holders of WLFI tokens, as well as a test run to ensure their airdrop system works well.
In a proposal submitted on May 6 at the WLFI governance forum, it was mentioned that more than 99% of the votes approved the plan. This airdrop will distribute a small amount of USD1 to eligible WLFI token holders.
“Testing the airdrop mechanism in a real-world situation is an important step to ensure the smart contract functions properly and is ready for use. This distribution is also a meaningful way to thank our early supporters and introduce them to USD1,” reads the proposal.
“This move will allow World Liberty Financial to validate the technical functionality of its airdrop system in a real-world environment, while recognizing the project’s early supporters.”
The amount of USD1 to be distributed is still undetermined and will be adjusted based on the total eligible wallets and the available budget, according to the proposal.
The date of the airdrop has also not been confirmed. WLFI states that it reserves the right to “stop, suspend, modify, or terminate this airdrop trial at any time.”
Voting is scheduled to end on May 14. To date, those in favor of the proposal are ahead with 2.6 billion votes, or 99.97% of the total tokens used to vote. Meanwhile, opponents have only recorded around 901,000 votes, or 0.03%.
WLFI launched its stablecoin in early March. Since the platform was launched in September, the crypto company has completed two public token sales, raising a total of $550 million from 85,000 registered holders.
According to a report from investment banking giant Citigroup, the market capitalization of stablecoins pegged to the US dollar surpassed $230 billion in April, a 54% increase compared to last year. The stablecoins Tether and USDC dominate about 90% of that market.
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However, some countries are beginning to announce plans to launch stablecoins backed by currencies other than the US dollar.
On April 28, three major institutions in Abu Dhabi, including the Emirati sovereign wealth fund, announced a joint initiative to launch a new stablecoin pegged to the dirham currency.
Meanwhile, on April 16, an official from the Russian finance ministry proposed plans to develop a national stablecoin. This plan comes after US authorities and stablecoin issuer Tether froze wallets connected to sanctioned Russian exchange Garantex.
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