Grand Theft America / Receipt money-2025-05-01-030

A $2B Abu Dhabi deal is settled in the family's stablecoin

MGX, an Abu Dhabi fund, used World Liberty's USD1 stablecoin to settle a $2B investment in Binance, routing a $2B transaction through a Trump-family crypto product.

Verified through 2026-07-08Source: Bloomberg / MarketScreenerCorrections: none logged

What happened

Float and fees on the stablecoin accrue to the venture. Logged as context: the $2B is transaction volume, not personal income, so it is not counted in the take.

Why it matters

Abu Dhabi's MGX used the Trump-affiliated USD1 stablecoin to settle a $2B investment into Binance, so float and fees on the transaction accrue to the family's World Liberty venture (logged, not counted, to avoid double-counting). Routing a sovereign-linked deal through a stablecoin that enriches the president raises a foreign-entanglement conflict.

Receipt details

  • Sell the office
  • Venture inflow
  • $2000M

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