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More than $1.6 billion has flowed to President Donald Trump and his family through World Liberty Financial, by Reuters' calculation as of April, with an estimated $50 million of that traced to the venture's USD1 stablecoin through June 2026.
On Friday, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency gave conditional preliminary approval to a national trust charter for World Liberty Trust Company, the banking entity the venture applied to open in January.
The charter, if it clears final conditions, would let World Liberty directly issue USD1 and hold the dollar reserves backing it, two roles currently filled by a third-party custodian, BitGo.
| Metric | Reported figure | Notes | |---|---|---| | World Liberty Financial total to Trump family | $1.6B+ | Reuters calculation, as of April | | Trump family earnings from USD1 | $50M | Reuters estimate, through June 2026 | | USD1 market capitalization | $4B | 4th-largest stablecoin | | OCC minimum capital condition | $20M | Required for final charter | What the charter actually unlocks A national trust charter is narrower than a commercial bank license.
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