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Trump’s stablecoin chosen for $2 billion Abu Dhabi funding in Binance, co-founder says

Editorial Board Published May 2, 2025
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 Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., unpacks the White Home’s deregulation agenda on ‘Kudlow.’

A stablecoin launched by Donald Trump’s World Liberty Monetary crypto enterprise is being utilized by an Abu Dhabi funding agency for its $2 billion funding in crypto alternate Binance, one in all World Liberty’s co-founders mentioned on Thursday.

It is the newest in a sequence of Trump household crypto-related ventures, together with a “meme coin” launched in January, which have drawn criticism from authorities ethics consultants and political opponents over potential conflicts of curiosity.

World Liberty, which goals to permit folks to entry monetary companies with out intermediaries like banks, mentioned in March it could launch USD1, a dollar-pegged stablecoin backed by U.S. Treasuries, {dollars} and different money equivalents.

US SOLIDIFYING ITSELF AS BITCOIN MINING HUB

Talking at a crypto convention in Dubai, Zach Witkoff, a co-founder of World Liberty, mentioned USD1 can be used to shut the $2 billion funding by Abu Dhabi-based MGX into Binance, the world’s largest crypto alternate.

World Liberty Monetary co-founder Zach Witkoff participates in a session in the course of the Token 2049 crypto convention in Dubai on Could 1, 2025. (Picture by Giuseppe CACACE / AFP) (Picture by GIUSEPPE CACACE/AFP through Getty Photos) (GIUSEPPE CACACE/AFP through Getty Photos / Getty Photos)

“We are excited to announce today that USD1 has been selected as the official stablecoin to close MGX’s $2 billion investment in Binance,” mentioned Witkoff, who’s a son of Trump’s particular envoy to the Center East, Steve Witkoff.

Democratic Senator Elizabeth Warren sharply criticized the enterprise and pending U.S. laws on stablecoins earlier than the Republican-controlled Senate.

A fund “backed by a foreign government just announced it will make a $2 billion deal using Donald Trump’s stablecoins,” mentioned Warren, a member of the U.S. Senate Banking Committee. “Meanwhile, the Senate is gearing up to pass the ‘GENIUS’ Act – stablecoin legislation that will make it easier for the President and his family to line their own pockets. This is corruption and no senator should support it.”

The White Home and World Liberty Monetary didn’t reply instantly to requests for remark.

Using USD1 within the deal highlights World Liberty’s rising clout within the international crypto business, and its ties to Binance. USD1 is issued on Binance’s blockchain.

Stablecoins are an more and more profitable cog in international crypto buying and selling. Their issuers sometimes revenue by incomes curiosity from the Treasuries and different belongings that underpin them.

The worth of USD1 in circulation reached about $2.1 billion on Wednesday, in accordance with CoinMarketCap information, making it one of many fastest-growing stablecoins. The identification of its main holders, nonetheless, stays unclear.

An nameless cryptocurrency pockets that holds $2 billion price of USD1 acquired the funds between April 16 and 29, in accordance with information from crypto analysis agency Arkham. Reuters couldn’t confirm the proprietor of this pockets.

TRUMP’S MEME COIN SOARS AS PRESIDENT OFFERS DINNER TO TOP HOLDERS

Binance founder and former CEO Changpeng Zhao, who was incarcerated in the USA final yr after pleading responsible to violating U.S. legal guidelines in opposition to cash laundering, met Zach Witkoff and two different World Liberty co-founders in Abu Dhabi, in accordance with a photograph posted on social media website X on Sunday.

“It was great to see our friends,” in Abu Dhabi, posted Zhao in response to the picture, tagging Witkoff.

Zhao, who in 2023 stepped down from his function at Binance as a part of a $4.3 billion settlement with the U.S. over the illicit finance fees, stays a significant shareholder of Binance.

TRON INTEGRATION

Individually, Zach Witkoff introduced that USD1 can be built-in into Tron, the blockchain of Hong Kong-based crypto entrepreneur Justin Solar.

Representation of cryptocurrency and Tron logo displayed on a phone screen are seen in this illustration photo taken in Krakow, Poland on June 26, 2023. (Photo by Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Illustration of cryptocurrency and Tron emblem displayed on a telephone display screen are seen on this illustration picture taken in Krakow, Poland on June 26, 2023. (Picture by Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto through Getty Photos) (Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto through Getty Photos / Getty Photos)

Solar is the largest identified investor in World Liberty and an adviser to the enterprise, in accordance with his social media posts, having poured no less than $75 million into the undertaking.

Solar was preventing a U.S. securities fraud lawsuit on the time of his first funding in World Liberty. The U.S. Securities and Trade Fee in February paused its case in opposition to him, citing public curiosity.

Solar moderated the panel on which Witkoff spoke on Thursday, with Trump’s son Eric Trump additionally on stage.

The Trump Organisation executive vice-president Eric Trump (R), World Liberty Financial co-founder Zach Witkoff (C) and cryptomoney exchange Tron Justin Sun (L), participate in a session during the Token 2049 crypto conference in Dubai on May 1, 2025. (Photo by Giuseppe CACACE / AFP) (Photo by GIUSEPPE CACACE/AFP via Getty Images)

The Trump Organisation government vice-president Eric Trump (R), World Liberty Monetary co-founder Zach Witkoff (C) and cryptomoney alternate Tron Justin Solar (L), take part in a session in the course of the Token 2049 crypto convention in Dubai on Could 1, 2025 (GIUSEPPE CACACE/AFP through Getty Photos / Getty Photos)

The U.S. president, who campaigned on guarantees to be a “crypto president,” has pledged to overtake federal guidelines on crypto.

TRUMP CREATES STRATEGIC BITCOIN RESERVE, OTHER CRYPTOCURRENIES TO BE USED IN STOCKPILE

Trump handed over administration of his belongings to his youngsters earlier than returning to the White Home and he may have no function in day-to-day decision-making, his firm has mentioned.

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