Trust Wallet Surges 40% as CZ Hints at Expanding Use Cases

• CZ recalls TWT’s 2020 99% burn to fix FDV, marking its change toward utility adoption.
• Litepaper details Q4 2025 rollout of TWT utilities, including voting, staking, and rewards.
• TWT market cap rose by 45.1% to $478.9M, with 24-hour trading volume up 2,444% to $329M.

Trust Wallet Token (TWT) surged by 40% to $1.11, following remarks from Binance founder Changpeng Zhao (CZ). The former Binance CEO revisited TWT’s origins as an experiment and emphasized its growing role in the Trust Wallet market. The surge coincided with Trust Wallet’s litepaper release, which outlined a roadmap for new token utilities beginning in late 2025.

From Burn to Utility Transition

The story of TWT began in 2020 when the team burned 99% of its supply to address runaway fully diluted valuation (FDV), which removed 89 billion tokens, worth approximately $2.3 billion. Following the burn, TWT relaunched as a BEP-20 token on Binance Smart Chain, with supply capped permanently by its smart contract. Although scarcity boosted TWT’s price initially, growth slowed due to limited token use cases. 

Critics noted the absence of real utility, arguing that speculative demand could not sustain long-term value. CZ acknowledged this point, noting that despite the burn, the project struggled to create meaningful functionality for holders.

The recent litepaper is a change from symbolic scarcity toward active ecosystem integration. Trust Wallet revealed a six-month rollout plan beginning Q4 2025, targeting applications such as in-app discounts, staking rewards, and community voting. The roadmap also pointed to April 2026 as a key for expanding TWT’s role in NFTs and decentralized services.

CZ’s Role in the Token’s Growth

CZ has remained closely tied to Trust Wallet since Binance acquired the platform in 2018. His latest remarks show the progression from token burn to utility expansion. According to CZ, “TWT token started as an experiment. The FDV got too high quickly. They burned 99% of the supply, but didn’t have too many use cases for it. Now that’s expanding.”

Despite stepping down from Binance in 2023, following the legal battles, CZ has influenced several projects. His support for TWT suggests optimism about its future utility within the wallet’s ecosystem. Trust Wallet today serves more than 210 million users and supports over 100 blockchains, making it one of the most widely used self-custody wallets globally.

The remarks also show a broader principle of tokenomics maturity: scarcity through supply control first, utility through adoption second. TWT is at the point where its sustained demand depends on the rollout and uptake of new use cases.

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Roadmap and Expanding Functions

Trust Wallet’s litepaper outlined how TWT will improve engagement through a reward and utility framework. Holders can unlock varying benefits, ranging from gas fee discounts and loyalty rewards to premium services and governance rights. 

The system introduces tiers named Seeker, Explorer, and Moonwalker, each offering progressively deeper benefits for users holding and engaging with TWT. The roadmap divides platform development into four layers. 

Everyday Finance will focus on cheaper transfers and fiat integration, while Advanced Trading will introduce leverage trading and AI-driven analytics. Earn and Grow will emphasize staking and access to pre-token generation airdrops through Trust Alpha. Finally, the Unwritten Future layer will explore innovations such as identity and new ownership models.

Market data from CoinMarketCap shows TWT’s market cap rose by 45.1% to $478.9 million, while trading volume surged by 2,444% to $329 million within 24 hours. Circulating supply is at 429.86 million TWT, with total supply capped at 999.86 million tokens.

TWT’s movement now depends on whether upcoming utilities generate sustainable demand within Trust Wallet’s extensive user base. The expansion aims to create a pivot where wallet adoption drives TWT use, which then supports community loyalty and ecosystem growth.

Meanwhile, TWT’s surge indicates a change from speculative beginnings toward utility-driven growth within Trust Wallet’s market. CZ’s remarks connect its 2020 burn strategy with today’s roadmap of functional use cases. The upcoming rollout will test whether token scarcity and expanding applications can transform TWT into a sustainable utility asset.

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