The payment model of USD1 (Trump Family Stablecoin): not competing on savings, but on scenarios and network effects. Core viewpoint of the article:
USD1 is driven by World Liberty Financial (WLFI), associated with the Trump family, backed by the US dollar + US Treasury bonds, naturally following the compliant stablecoin route in the US. However, PhyrexNi emphasizes: it will not focus on savings functionality, but will be positioned as a payment and transaction type stablecoin, differentiating itself from USDT/USDC. Strategy breakdown (exclusive insights from PhyrexNi): using high returns from subsidies to exchange for scenarios and liquidity (similar to the growth path of early USDC).
Tied to Binance (while USDC is tied to Coinbase), it has clearly supported PAXG gold trading, enhancing trading network effects.
It may accelerate user growth through airdrops of WLFI to Binance holding users, etc.
If domestic regulations in the US impose restrictions on “rewards” for stablecoins, it may turn to overseas expansion.
Judgment:
USD1 represents a new force of “politics + compliance + payment”; in the short term, it relies on the influence of the Trump family and subsidies to seize market share, while in the medium to long term, it will depend on whether it can form a closed-loop network effect. Overall, this is favorable for the US-based stablecoin ecosystem, but it also intensifies competition with USDT.