Eric Trump: USD1 will be used for $2B MGX investment in Binance

Abu Dhabi-based investment firm MGX will use a stablecoin linked to US President Donald Trump’s family to settle a $2 billion investment in Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange.

TheWorld Liberty Financial USD(USD1) US dollar-pegged stablecoin was launched by the Trump-associated crypto platform World Liberty Financial (WLFI) in March 2025.

MGX will use the USD1 stablecoin for its $2 billion investment in the Binance exchange, according to an announcement by Eric Trump during a panel discussion at Token2049 in Dubai. Trump, the son of the president, serves as executive vice president of the Trump Organization.

MGX announced itsinvestment in Binance on March 12, marking the first institutional investment in the exchange and one of the biggest funding deals in the entire Web3 industry.

At the time, Binance declined Cointelegraph’s request to disclose what stablecoin was used in the transaction.

This marks the Abu Dhabi-based investment firm’s first venture into the cryptocurrency space.

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During the panel discussion, Eric Trump criticized the inefficiencies and limited operating hours of the traditional financial system:

Sending money internationally through SWIFT is slow, costly, and complex. Crypto makes banks redundant,” he added.

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The average transaction time on the SWIFT payment network is 20 hours and seven minutes, according toanalysispublished by Statrys. However, 75% of SWIFT transactions involve one or two intermediary banks, meaning that these average 1 day and 11 hours to settle.

In contrast, a USDtUSDT$1.00Tether USDtChange (24h)0.01%Market Cap$139.34BVolume (24h)$53.07BView Moreor USDCUSDC$0.9998USDCChange (24h)0.03%Market Cap$52.18BVolume (24h)$6.56BView Morestablecoin transaction on Ethereum will settle within two to five minutes.

“We’re at the dialogue phase of the crypto revolution right now, and the people who are going to make it big are the people who see it today, not in five years,” Eric Trump added.

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