World Liberty Financial is pushing deeper into global payments—and aiming straight at one of the largest financial markets in the world.
The DeFi platform, which is linked to the family of U.S. President Donald Trump, is preparing to launch a new foreign exchange and remittance product called World Swap. The service is designed to handle currency conversion and cross-border transfers, positioning the project as a lower-cost alternative to traditional money transfer providers.
The move would place World Liberty Financial in direct competition with established FX and remittance firms. Global foreign exchange trading volumes surpassed $9 trillion per day in 2025, while annual personal remittance flows approached $900 billion in 2024. By targeting both markets, the project is attempting to tap into a massive segment of global finance.
World Swap is part of a broader strategy to build out a full-stack financial ecosystem around the platform’s DeFi infrastructure. The company has already launched a lending service and previously sought a national trust bank charter, signaling ambitions to operate across multiple financial verticals. Adding FX and remittance capabilities would extend its reach into everyday payment use cases, particularly cross-border transfers where fees remain high.
If successful, the expansion could give the platform a foothold in one of the most widely used financial services worldwide, while also bringing crypto-based payment rails into direct competition with legacy providers.
However, the project’s growth plans have attracted political scrutiny in Washington. Reports earlier this year indicated that a UAE-linked investment entity acquired a major stake in the platform in a deal worth hundreds of millions of dollars. The transaction drew attention from several Democratic lawmakers, who raised concerns about transparency and the potential implications of foreign investment into a crypto venture connected to the president’s family.