World LibertyFi Holders Cash Out Big

World Liberty Financial token holders booked their largest single-day realized profit on record on May 18, 2026, according to on-chain analytics firm Santiment. The network recorded 1.8 billion $WLFI tokens sold for profit, while dormancy metrics showed 17.4 trillion tokens moved on an age-consumed basis, both figures unprecedented for the project.

Binance USD1/BTC Futures Launch Drives the Spike

The surge in profit-taking coincided directly with Binance going live with a USD1/BTC perpetual futures pair on the same day. This marked the first time USD1 was used as a direct primary settlement asset on Binance. Previously the stablecoin could only function as a secondary collateral option, allowing holders to borrow USDT. Under the new arrangement, profits, losses, and funding rates are all settled directly in USD1, putting it on par with how standard USDT pairs operate.

Zach Witkoff, CEO of World Liberty Financial, described the listing as a step toward making USD1 "a core settlement asset across global crypto trading." The contract offers traders up to 100x leverage on a 24/7 schedule, with funding rates capped at plus or minus 0.375% and fees settled every eight hours.

USD1 Continues to Outpace the Broader Stablecoin Market

The Binance integration is the latest step in a rapid expansion for USD1. Supply has grown from roughly $2 billion to over $4 billion on a year-on-year basis, a 100% increase compared with 32% growth across the broader stablecoin market over the same period. Beyond Binance, USD1 has also secured integration with MEXC, Aster DEX, and institutional platform Falcon, and went live on Bybit with a WLFI rewards program just days after the Binance launch.

The scale of the May 18 profit-taking signals that existing holders used the heightened attention around the Binance launch as an exit point. Whether the expanded utility of USD1 as a settlement asset can sustain and attract fresh demand in the weeks ahead remains the key question for the project.

Sources:
AMBCrypto: USD1 enters Binance Futures as a primary settlement stablecoin
The Crypto Times: Trump-linked WLFI USD1 heads to Binance Futures Market