Binance Rewards USD1 Holders With $40 Million WLFI Airdrop

• $40M WLFI airdrop to eligible USD1 holders on Binance runs Jan 23–Feb 20, 2026, and is paid weekly.
• Rewards use hourly snapshots; each day counts the lowest USD1 balance, then applies a 7-day average and effective APR.

Binance has announced an airdrop campaign that will distribute a total of $40 million worth of World Liberty Financial (WLFI) tokens to eligible users who hold World Liberty Financial USD (USD1) on the exchange. The campaign begins on January 23, 2026, at 00:00 UTC and runs through February 20, 2026, at 00:00 UTC.

According to the announcement, WLFI rewards will be allocated to users who maintain USD1 balances across supported Binance accounts. The rewards are scheduled to be delivered in weekly airdrops, with the first distribution set for February 2, 2026. 

That initial payout covers qualifying balances recorded between January 23, 2026, 00:00 UTC and January 30, 2026, 00:00 UTC. Binance said subsequent distributions will follow on Fridays, with delivery targeted by 18:00 UTC.

The prize pool will be split into four weekly installments of $10 million in WLFI each week. Binance stated that rewards will be credited directly to users’ Spot accounts, and distribution records can be viewed through Distribution History on the platform.

How Balances are Counted and Rewards Calculated

To participate in the airdrop campaign, users must hold USD1 as net assets in one or more of these categories: Spot Account, Funding Account, Margin Account, and USD-M Futures Account. For Margin, USD1 must be posted as collateral in Cross Margin, Isolated Margin, or Portfolio Margin. For USD-M Futures, USD1 must be used as collateral, including in Multi-asset mode.

Binance said USD1 held as collateral in Margin or Futures accounts is eligible for a 1.2x bonus multiplier. Maintaining at least 0.01 USD1 in Margin or Futures can qualify a user for the boosted rate, whether or not leverage is used or positions are opened.

Qualifying balances are determined through hourly snapshots taken throughout each day. For each day, the lowest USD1 balance captured during those snapshots is used. Weekly reward is determined by the 7-day average of the daily qualifying balances and an effective APR charged over the day of distribution.

Binance indicated that the effective APR is calculated on the basis of factors that incorporate total qualifying balances among the qualified users. The announcement further clarifies that the qualifying balance is computed as the net assets, that is, assets less liabilities. USD1 borrowed as VIP loans or Margin loans is considered a liability and not included as a qualifying balance to the campaign.

Furthermore, the WLFI token value to be distributed will be calculated by the official Binance market closing price a day before every airdrop date. In late 2025, CNF reported that Binance founder Changpeng Zhao (CZ) said BNB Chain reached about 2.4 million daily users.

Meanwhile, the Binance Coin price has continued to consolidate over the past 24 hours of trading. At the time of writing, BNB was trading at $889, with a market cap of $121.25 billion and 24-hour trading volume of $1.88 billion.