World Liberty Financial Proposes WLFI Governance Staking System

World Liberty Financial (WLFI) proposed a staking-based governance proposal that ties voting rights to a 180-day token lock and introduces tiered benefits linked to its USD1 stablecoin.

Why it matters:

• Holders of unlocked WLFI who do not stake their tokens would lose the right to vote on governance proposals. Locked token holders remain eligible to vote.
• Stakers earn a target APR of ~2% from the WLFI treasury, but only if they actively participate in votes.
• The proposal aims to redirect arbitrage profits from institutional intermediaries to long-term ecosystem participants, increasing structural demand for USD1.

The details:

• A “Node” tier would require staking 10 million WLFI. Nodes gain access to licensed market makers offering 1:1 USDT and USDC to USD1 over the counter (OTC) conversions, subject to KYC.
• The first 1,000 Nodes would also receive additional governance token rewards tied to USD1 conversion volume.
• A “Super Node” tier requires 50 million WLFI staked. Super Nodes receive guaranteed access to the WLFI team for partnership discussions and potential economic incentives.
• Voting power is weighted by both stake size and lock duration, per thegovernance proposal.
• The proposal requires a quorum of 1 billion eligible WLFI tokens and will be decided in a seven-day Snapshot vote.
• WLFI is up 2.3% over the past 24 hours, per CoinGecko.

The big picture: