Crypto: World Liberty, Binance and Zhao’s Pardon

World Liberty Financial, Binance and American Bitcoin connect Trump family business interests with stablecoin transactions, exchange promotion and mining investments.

The USD1 transaction

MGX’s $2 billion investment in Binance used World Liberty’s USD1 stablecoin. Senators Elizabeth Warren and Jeff Merkley sought records about the transaction in June 2025.^1–4

Zhao: case, pardon and response

Zhao pleaded guilty in November 2023 to failing to maintain an effective anti-money-laundering program. Trump’s pardon was signed October 21, 2025. In January 2026, Zhao said he had never spoken with Trump and denied that business transactions caused the pardon.^5–8

Recent business activity

Zhao appeared at World Liberty’s February 2026 Mar-a-Lago forum and discussed Binance.US expansion. In October, Binance promoted USD1 holdings through WLFI and USD1 rewards. The additional reward program has evaluation dates in December 2026 and January 2027.^5–9

Bloomberg’s October 15 report said Binance.US was seeking up to $100 million and World Liberty was not participating, according to a person familiar with the situation.¹⁰

CIC Digital’s Celebration Coins royalties

Trump’s revocable trust wholly owns CIC Digital, which reported $635,068,835 in royalties under its agreement with Celebration Coins.¹¹

Melania Trump’s collectible licensing

MKT World LLC reported $6,011,259 in net proceeds under its Designers Manager agreement for NFTs and other collectibles.¹²

Donor companies and SEC actions

Ripple’s inaugural payment and August appeal dismissal are linked in its record, alongside the penalty that remained. Robinhood’s annual filing documents the February 21 closure of its subsidiary’s inquiry. Foris Dax has three $10 million entries in the MAGA Inc. receipt table reviewed.^13–16

AI generated report by Explorvia.com.