web3: Trump Family Project Integrates AI Platform, USD1 Payment Draws Attention

CoinWorld reported:

The cryptocurrency project World Liberty Financial, supported by the Trump family, has partnered with the Hong Kong AI aggregation platform WorldClaw. Under the collaboration, users can access multiple AI models through WorldClaw's WorldRouter and pay service fees using the stablecoin USD1 issued by World Liberty.

This partnership brings together stablecoin payments, AI services, and the issue of technology scrutiny between China and the U.S. WorldRouter aggregates about 90 models, 43 of which come from Chinese developers, including companies like Alibaba, Baidu, and Z.ai, which have faced varying degrees of restrictions from the U.S.

USD1 Integrated into Model Services

WorldClaw's WorldRouter provides a unified entry point, integrating models from U.S. companies like OpenAI and Anthropic, as well as a number of Chinese models. The article states that each time users call services through the platform, the payment can be made in USD1, meaning that the usage of AI will directly drive the trading volume of this stablecoin.

The report also mentions that Ryan Fang serves as the growth head for World Liberty in this collaboration and is involved in WorldClaw affairs as an external advisor. One of his public responsibilities is to promote the adoption and expansion of USD1.

Chinese Models Raise Scrutiny Issues

The article notes that Alibaba and Baidu have been listed by the U.S. Department of Defense as companies related to the Chinese military, and U.S. defense contractors are prohibited from doing business with them. Z.ai has been placed on the U.S. Commerce Department's Entity List, restricting access to U.S. technology and collaboration with U.S. companies.

Additionally, DeepSeek and Moonshot also appear on WorldClaw's model list. U.S. officials have publicly accused these two companies of stealing intellectual property from U.S. AI firms, which China has denied.

However, the current restrictions mainly target commercial cooperation, technology transfer, and corporate-level exchanges, and do not directly prohibit U.S. individuals or companies from accessing chatbots or APIs in their daily activities. Therefore, WorldClaw providing these models to U.S. users is generally still considered legal.

Trump Family Interests Under Scrutiny

The article states that the Trump family holds a 38% stake in World Liberty Financial and has earned substantial income from related token transactions. The report cites previous data from Reuters indicating that the Trump family's cryptocurrency business revenue has reached $2.3 billion, with over $1.4 billion coming from World Liberty-related token transactions.

It also mentions that Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump have recently promoted WorldClaw on social media. The former offered a meeting opportunity at Mar-a-Lago to a contest winner, while the latter referred to this collaboration as "the future of finance."

A spokesperson for WorldClaw stated that providing model access does not imply endorsement of the model developers. David Wachsman, a spokesperson for World Liberty, noted that large U.S. tech companies are also providing Chinese AI models to users, which is not uncommon.

User Base Exceeds 10,000

According to the data in the article, WorldRouter currently has over 10,000 active users, processing more than 50 million computational tasks daily. As the scale expands, concerns about data flow and content security are also rising.

Cybersecurity researchers have long focused on two types of risks: first, that user data may be accessed by the relevant developers; second, that model outputs may be subject to scrutiny or content intervention. WorldClaw stated that it has implemented privacy and security measures but also acknowledged that user queries may still be transmitted to the original developers of the models in certain cases.

This means that while this collaboration is not necessarily illegal under current regulations, it may continue to attract the attention of regulatory bodies and critics due to its connections to the Trump family's cryptocurrency interests, stablecoin payment scenarios, and scrutinized Chinese AI models.

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