Trump-Linked Stablecoin Used in $2 Billion Binance Deal with Abu Dhabi Firm

Controversy brews as MGX selects Donald Trump’s USD1 stablecoin for massive Binance investment, raising questions over ethics, foreign influence, and crypto regulation in Washington. A stablecoin tied to former U.S. President Donald Trump has been chosen as the transactional currency in a $2 billion investment by Abu Dhabi’s MGX into the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, Binance — spotlighting the deepening entanglement of politics, finance, and crypto. At a crypto conference in Dubai on Thursday, World Liberty Financial co-founder Zach Witkoff announced that USD1, the stablecoin issued by the Trump-affiliated venture, would facilitate the entire deal between MGX and Binance. “We … Continue reading Trump-Linked Stablecoin Used in $2 Billion Binance Deal with Abu Dhabi Firm