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Pakistan Signs Agreement to Explore USD1 Stablecoin for Cross-Border Payments
Pakistan signed an MoU with World Liberty Financial's affiliate to explore integrating the USD1 stablecoin into regulated cross-border digital payments, supporting remittances and trade.
- On January 14, 2026, World Liberty Financial signed an MoU with Pakistan's Ministry of Finance to explore stablecoins for cross-border transactions, marking the first sovereign-crypto deal.
- Over the past year, Pakistan accelerated efforts to formalize its digital asset ecosystem and established Pakistan Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority, allowing Binance and HTX to operate locally after WLFI and the Pakistan Crypto Council signed a Letter of Intent last year.
- The stablecoin maintains a $1 peg and is deployed across multiple blockchains with the largest share on BNB Smart Chain, while circulating supply has surged past $3.5 billion to expand remittances and trade.
- Reuters noted the partnership involved World Liberty Financial, which is linked to the Trump family, and reported the World Liberty project boosted Trump Organization revenue in early 2025 while WLFI filed for a US national banking charter.
- Per the agreement dated January 14, 2026, WLF and Pakistan's central bank will work to integrate the USD1 stablecoin into a digital payments structure, but sources did not provide further details on SC Financial Technologies.
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Pakistan regulator inks MoU with WLFI-linked crypto business for stablecoin-based payments
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