SC's CEO is Zachary Witkoff, son of Trump's Mideast and Russia envoy, New York realtor Steve Witkoff. The stablecoin was created by World Liberty Financial, a crypto firm co-founded by Witkoff, Donald Trump Jr., Eric Trump and Barron Trump. And crypto presents a clear, hard to trace method for enriching the Trump and Witkoff families. No country has received more favours from the Trump administration than Qatar. "The message is the same throughout the Trump administration since Week 1," said Payne.

Source: CBC News January 18, 2026 03:03 UTC