Key Insights:
- The World Liberty Financial Spacecoin alliance focuses on money transfers to remote areas.
- USD1 stablecoin extends to the settlement and lending applications.
- The crypto-friendly policy did not attract the attention of bitcoin millionaires.
World Liberty Financial has announced a strategic partnership with Spacecoin to explore integrating into satellite-powered internet infrastructure using the tools of decentralized finance.
Satellite Network and Decentralized infrastructure
The partnership was announced in a Thursday blog post that involves a token exchange of the two projects. It lays the foundation for future work in payments, settlement, and coordination in areas where traditional financial networks cannot reach.
The project connects financial services powered by blockchain with SSpacecoin’s low-Earth-orbit satellite infrastructure, placing both within the broader context of integrating digital finance and decentralized physical infrastructure.
Source: Spacecoin
The partnership follows as World Liberty Financial continues to expand its range of activities in payments, lending, and settlement services, and as Spacecoin develops its strategy to offer permissionless internet connectivity through an increasing number of satellites.
The company has framed its network as a foundation for both communications and financial services. According to the announcement, internet connectivity alone is not considered sufficient for digital inclusion.
Spacecoin founder Tae Oh stated that access to financial services is also required for what the project defines as digital freedom, linking connectivity directly to payment and settlement capabilities.
Payments Focus and Liberty Financial Integration Worldwide
World Liberty Financial will support the partnership by offering tools that allow users to make, receive, and pay over the joint infrastructure.
The contract is structured as a token swap, officially binding the two projects and providing a framework for both technical and operational integration.
Zak Folkman, co-founder of World Liberty Financial, said the partnership aligns with the project’s focus on real-world payments and settlement use cases. He stated that the USD1 stablecoin is designed for transactions in environments where conventional financial rails are unavailable or unreliable, including remote and underserved regions.
The partnership was announced shortly after a related regulatory development. A subsidiary of the firm, World Liberty Trust Company, recently applied for a national charter with the U.S. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency.
Growth of USD1 Stablecoin Use Cases
World Liberty Financial has remained ambitious in expanding the use of its USD1 stablecoin across various financial operations. Beyond payments, the project has moved into crypto lending through its World Liberty Markets platform and has promoted USD1 as a settlement asset for both on-chain and off-chain activity.
USD1, a dollar-pegged stablecoin launched last year, has grown rapidly in circulation. Its market capitalization currently stands at approximately $3.27 billion, placing it among the larger stablecoins.
The firm has also proposed using part of its treasury to increase the USD1 supply, with the stated goal of encouraging broader adoption on both centralized and decentralized exchanges.
In addition, the project has outlined plans for real-world asset (RWA) products that would use USD1 as collateral. The initiative is intended to open access for institutional participants through tokenized financial structures tied to the stablecoin.
International Outreach and Strategic Agreements
World Liberty Financial has also increased its international engagement. In early January this year, Pakistan entered into a memorandum of understanding with a World Liberty affiliate to discuss ways USD1 can be used in payments and remittances.
The agreement marked one of the first instances of a sovereign entity formally engaging with a protocol linked to the Trump family.
Separately, the firm has disclosed plans for a WLFI debit card that would allow investors to use the product for daily transactions. The announcement was made in September, although no further updates on development timelines have been released.
Market Environment and the General Development
World Liberty Financial’s growth initiatives are occurring amid an ambivalent crypto market. The blockchain statistics indicate that Bitcoin has shed nearly 25,000 millionaire addresses over the past year, at an estimated 16% per year.
Addresses with over $10 million in Bitcoin saw their holdings decline by approximately 12.5%, indicating that larger accounts were less vulnerable to market fluctuations.
Moreover, Wealth distribution in Bitcoin has changed since Donald Trump came back to the White House. According to blockchain statistics, the number of Bitcoin accounts holding over $1 million dropped by approximately 16% year over year, to nearly 25,000.
