World Liberty Financial

Big crypto investors, or whales, were suffering millions in losses on the Trump family-linked World Liberty Financial (WLFI) token, which continued to decline despite a proposal to reduce the circulating supply.
<a href="https://cointelegraph.com/news/bitcoin-whale-rotates-into-ether-surpasses-sharplink-corporate-holdings" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Whale wallet</a> 0x432 lost more than $1.6 million after closing a 3x leveraged WLFI long position, according to Onchain Lens.
“The moral of the story: never be in FOMO,” short for fear of missing out, wrote the platform in a Thursday X <a href="https://x.com/OnchainLens/status/1963498553441153114" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">post</a>, referencing the whale’s hasty investment move.
The investor had opened a second long position on the WLFI token just 15 hours after closing a previous one with a $915,000 profit, only to lose the $1.6 million.
<h2 id="confidence-in-trump-linked-token-weakens">Confidence in Trump-linked token weakens</h2>
Other whales were also exiting WLFI positions at a loss, signaling waning confidence in the Trump-affiliated token’s price outlook.
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The whale selling came a day after the <a href="https://cointelegraph.com/news/wlfi-token-burn-price-drop-world-liberty-financial" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">WLFI platform burned</a> 47 million tokens on Wednesday, permanently removing them in a bid to tighten supply and boost the value of the remaining tokens.
The token burn was not enough to stop its post-launch decline, as the WLFI price fell another 18% in the 24 hours leading up to 8:31 am UTC Thursday, marking a total decline of 41% since it was launched on Monday, according to <a href="https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/world-liberty-financial-wlfi/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">CoinMarketCap</a> data.
<figure><img src="https://s3.cointelegraph.com/uploads/2025-09/019913f7-c06d-7d06-9ddc-8b540035ff2d" title="" alt="Whales lose millions on Trump-linked WLFI’s 40% dip, despite 47M burn">
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<h2 id="whales-crypto-traders-lose-millions-on-wlfi-price-decline-as-investor-sentiment-sours">Whales, crypto traders lose millions on WLFI price decline, as investor sentiment sours</h2>
Other large investors also incurred losses, including whale wallet 854RaR, which bought $2 million worth of WLFI tokens three days earlier and was down over $650,000 as of Thursday, according to blockchain data platform Lookonchain’s X <a href="https://x.com/lookonchain/status/1963488533122855345" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">post</a>.&nbsp;
<figure><img src="https://s3.cointelegraph.com/uploads/2025-09/019913f7-c325-70d6-8fc3-fcf4d07e8dae" title="" alt="Whales lose millions on Trump-linked WLFI’s 40% dip, despite 47M burn">
 <figcaption style="text-align: center;">Source: <a href="https://x.com/lookonchain/status/1963474105598185674/photo/1" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="https://x.com/lookonchain/status/1963474105598185674/photo/1">Lookonchain</a>
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Another wallet on Hyperliquid, trader 0x1527, was down over $2.2 million on a WLFI long position, while trader 0x92bb managed to profit $1.8 million on a short position, which is a de facto bet on the WLFI token’s price decline, added Lookonchain in a Thursday X <a href="https://x.com/lookonchain/status/1963474105598185674" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">post</a>.
Former kickboxing champion and controversial influencer Andrew Tate was also betting on the WLFI token’s price appreciation, despite being liquidated for $67,500 on Tuesday via <a href="https://cointelegraph.com/learn/articles/what-are-decentralized-exchanges-and-how-do-dexs-work" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">decentralized exchange</a> Hyperliquid, Cointelegraph reported.
The over 40% decline saw investor sentiment sour around the WLFI token during the previous 24 hours.
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The WLFI token is currently the ninth-most-bearish token among the 100 largest cryptocurrencies by investor sentiment, with 31.9% of its users bearish about the token’s prospects, CoinMarketCap data shows.<iframe width="100%" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ry9MI57Pbjs?start=" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen loading="lazy" sandbox="allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-forms"></iframe>
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Whales lose millions on Trump-linked WLFI’s 40% dip, despite 47M burn

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