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Trump admin eases export controls for UAE; Warren blasts 'corrupt' provision
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The Commerce Department on Friday moved toward easing export controls on the United Arab Emirates, including by saying it will "favorably review" export license applications for MGX, the UAE-backed investment firm that used a stablecoin linked to President Donald Trump 's family for its $2 billion investment in Binance.
Key facts
- It was also revealed that President Trump made a whopping $263 million windfall related to this deal, part of the $1.4 billion he raked in from his crypto ventures last year alone," Warren said
- An unpublished version of a new 17-page rule viewable in the Federal Register includes one sentence about Commerce's Bureau of Industry and Security favorably reviewing applications involving MGX
- Warren, said, "The team already know that the UAE royal behind G42 and MGX secretly bought a 49% stake in the Trump crypto company, World Liberty Financial
- Elizabeth Warren, a Massachusetts Democrat, quickly blasted the new rule, calling it " corrupt " because of MGX's use of a Trump-connected stablecoin
Summary
An unpublished version of a new 17-page rule viewable in the Federal Register includes one sentence about Commerce's Bureau of Industry and Security favorably reviewing applications involving MGX semiconductors and servers bound for the UAE. Elizabeth Warren, a Massachusetts Democrat, quickly blasted the new rule, calling it " corrupt " because of MGX's use of a Trump-connected stablecoin. MGX used USD1, a stablecoin issued by the Trump family-affiliated World Liberty Financial, to complete its investment in Binance, the world's largest crypto exchange by daily volume.