A 35-Year-Old Crypto Bro Helped Pakistan Win Over Trump World
Pakistan’s new role as mediator between the US and Iran followed a long courtship of World Liberty Financial, Trump’s crypto venture.
Bilal Bin Saqib at the Quaid-e-Azam Library in Lahore.
Photographer: Shah Zaman/BloombergAt an ornate building in the heart of Islamabad, Pakistan’s most powerful leaders gathered in January to welcome a special visitor: Zachary Witkoff, chief executive officer of World Liberty Financial, the crypto platform co-founded by US President Donald Trump.
The prestigious guest list made the event look more like a state visit than a ceremony for a non-binding stablecoin agreement that is exploratory in nature and doesn’t involve a major financial commitment. A group photo showed the 32-year-old son of Trump adviser Steve Witkoff flanked by Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Field Marshal Asim Munir, the nation’s even more powerful military chief.