{"id":20936,"date":"2026-01-29T20:38:39","date_gmt":"2026-01-29T20:38:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/trump-backed-stablecoin-hits-5-billion-as-first-family-cashes-in\/"},"modified":"2026-01-29T20:38:44","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T20:38:44","slug":"trump-backed-stablecoin-hits-5-billion-as-first-family-cashes-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/trump-backed-stablecoin-hits-5-billion-as-first-family-cashes-in\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump-backed stablecoin hits $5 billion as first family cashes in"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"post-detail__content blocks\">\n<p class=\"is-style-lead\">Donald Trump Jr. on Wednesday celebrated a major milestone for the Trump family\u2019s crypto empire, hailing the dollar-pegged USD1 stablecoin after it surged past a $5 billion market capitalization less than a year after launch.<\/p>\n<div id=\"cn-block-summary-block_e0750c07827be48acb8d950896df711e\" class=\"cn-block-summary\">\n<div class=\"cn-block-summary__nav tabs\">\n        <span class=\"tabs__item is-selected\">Summary<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n<div class=\"cn-block-summary__content\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- .cn-block-summary --><\/p>\n<p>Trump Jr., a co-founder of World Liberty Financial, posted a screenshot from CoinMarketCap on X to mark the achievement, calling USD1 \u201cbuilt in America\u201d and \u201cadopted by serious institutions.\u201d His brother Eric Trump, also a co-founder, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/EricTrump\/status\/2016591828301336730\">echoed<\/a> the celebration as USD1 climbed to become the fifth-largest stablecoin globally, overtaking PayPal USD and Ripple USD.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">USD1 just reached a $5B market cap.<\/p>\n<p>Built in America, designed for real-world scale, and adopted by serious institutions.<\/p>\n<p>This is what happens when you focus on infrastructure over noise. \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8\ud83e\udd85\u261d\ufe0f <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/worldlibertyfi?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">@worldlibertyfi<\/a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/bdYfVxVi8J\">pic.twitter.com\/bdYfVxVi8J<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DonaldJTrumpJr\/status\/2016603533320069295?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">January 28, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The rapid rise of USD1 underscores how aggressively the Trump family has positioned itself to profit from the crypto sector. <\/p>\n<p>Trump Jr. has emerged as a vocal crypto advocate and operator, while World Liberty Financial has made USD1 the backbone of its decentralized finance platform, where users can lend and borrow digital assets.<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- .cn-block-related-link --><\/p>\n<p>The company has also applied for a U.S. national banking license, signaling ambitions to issue and custody dollar-backed digital currency at scale\u2014another revenue stream for the Trump brand as it deepens its footprint in digital assets.<\/p>\n<p>USD1\u2019s ascent hasn\u2019t come without controversy. The stablecoin was used to close Abu Dhabi-based MGX\u2019s $2 billion deal with Binance, drawing scrutiny from Sen. Elizabeth Warren, who alleged a potential quid pro quo involving the Trump family and Binance founder Changpeng \u201cCZ\u201d Zhao, later <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2025\/11\/03\/trump-binance-founder-pardon-60-minutes-changpeng-zhao\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">pardoned<\/a> by President Donald Trump. Zhao has denied the claims, saying the transaction was a payment mechanism, not an investment in World Liberty Financial.<\/p>\n<p>Even so, USD1\u2019s growth highlights the Trump family\u2019s widening crypto influence\u2014and the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/finance\/currencies\/trump-family-amasses-6-billion-fortune-after-crypto-launch-567faec5?gaa_at=eafs&amp;gaa_n=AWEtsqcWqc5kdkER-L23DEY07gHA1pDZMfg4bHqeoYc9VWVp-g7XnMU5WN-ThiZsTEg%3D&amp;gaa_ts=697bbcf3&amp;gaa_sig=bqcNPXhOi8Qfx_Kwp6AsNJJm20yiEflNHiKLnds19Q9Bmc3rajBvLspZPSfAfelQaJWEB2C4SQBTohSWO27HZA%3D%3D\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">billions<\/a> flowing with it\u2014as stablecoins, DeFi platforms, and tokenized finance continue to attract institutional adoption.<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- .cn-block-related-link --><\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Donald Trump Jr. on Wednesday celebrated a major milestone for the Trump family\u2019s crypto empire, hailing the dollar-pegged USD1 stablecoin after it surged past a $5 billion market capitalization less&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":20937,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20936","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cryptocurrency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20936","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20936"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20936\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20938,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20936\/revisions\/20938"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20937"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20936"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20936"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20936"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}