Former President Donald Trump’s World Liberty Financial (WLF) DeFi project could add more than $100 million in revenue to Aave DAO’s treasury if the lending protocol approves a pending proposal.
On October 10, WLF submitted a plan to deploy an Aave V3 instance. This would provide liquidity for Ethereum, Wrapped Bitcoin, stablecoins and potentially other digital assets. He added:
“WLF plans to integrate assets that may not be compatible with the main Ethereum Mainnet market, leveraging its ties to traditional finance and institutional investments.”
WLF anticipates that this move will attract new users to Aave, increasing both its liquidity and user base.
Aave’s potential earnings
If approved, WLF’s proposal outlines a revenue sharing model. Aave DAO would receive 20% of the protocol fees and approximately 7% of WLF’s governance token supply (WLFI).
Analysts note that this collaboration could be very profitable for Aave, as the Trump-related DeFi project is estimated to be worth $1.8 billion.
Marc Zeller, founder of the Aave Chan Initiative, called the potential integration “the deal of the decade” because it could double Aave’s cash flow overnight. He noted:
“This valuation would mean that WLFI’s Aave DAO share would be valued at $105 million (7% of the total supply).”
According to Zapper data, Aave’s treasury holds approximately $60 million in assets spread across ten addresses.
Data from DeFillama shows that Aave is the largest lending protocol in the DeFi sector, with over $20 billion in assets locked across 13 chains.
The vision of World Liberty Financial
Despite recent controversies surrounding the Trump-affiliated project, World Liberty Financial says its goal is to create a permissionless peer-to-peer digital asset system.
The team outlined plans for the WLFi protocol to provide a user-friendly experience, including one-click social logins and wallet creation, designed to attract a broad user base.
WLF also intends to run separate instances on Ethereum and Scroll. While Ethereum liquidity targets large institutional investors, Scroll, a ZK rollup with payer services, enables gas-free transactions that could prove attractive to retailers.
