FeaturesToken Lockups and Governance Risks in Celebrity-Linked Crypto Projects: A Case Study of $WLFI and the Trump Family
Celebrity-backed crypto projects like Trump-linked $WLFI face governance and liquidity risks, with 25% token control centralized in the Trump family and a 54% price crash in late 2025 due to large-holder dumping. Lockup mechanisms, while stabilizing, entrench power imbalances and decouple governance from profit-sharing, highlighting vulnerabilities in celebrity-driven tokenomics.