World Liberty Financial, the DeFi protocol linked to Eric and Barron Trump, approved a governance proposal granting 'guaranteed direct access to the WLFI team for partnership discussions' to holders staking 50 million WLFI tokens-roughly $5 million.
The vote passed with 99.12% approval from 1,800 voters. Over 76% of voting tokens came from just 10 wallets.
The new structure includes three tiers: Base (180-day lock-up to vote), Node ($1 million staking, 1:1 stablecoin conversion), and Super Node ($5 million staking, direct team access).
WLFI spokesman David Wachsman clarified that 'direct access' refers to business development executives-not founders-and does not guarantee partnerships.
The proposal aims to redirect arbitrage and redemption economics-previously captured by market makers-toward long-term stakers. WLFI says it receives more partnership inquiries than it can handle, and the $5 million threshold filters for serious ecosystem participants.
WLFI is also pursuing an OCC national trust bank charter, real estate and energy asset tokenization, and a publicly traded holding company for WLFI tokens.