Donald Trump said in a 60 Minutes interview on November 8, 2026, that he is a co-owner of World Liberty Financial but knows nothing about its UAE-linked transactions. In January 2025, Aryam Investment 1, linked to Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed Al Nahyan, bought a 49% stake in WLFI for $500 million, in a deal signed by Eric Trump. In May 2025, MGX, the Abu Dhabi fund also chaired by Tahnoon, bought $2 billion of the USD1 stablecoin, which was used to settle an investment in Binance. A shareholder of Circle Internet Group filed a lawsuit on October 22, 2026, alleging that the deals unlawfully benefited Trump under the Foreign Emoluments Clause and harmed the value of USDC; these allegations remain unproven. Trump’s 2025 financial disclosure reported more than $1.4 billion in crypto-related revenue, including nearly $800 million attributed to WLFI, while the WLFI governance token fell from about $0.45 in August 2025 to roughly $0.05 in June 2026.
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