Nearly a million investors lost a total of $3.8 billion on Trump crypto coin: NYT
Nansen said early buyers captured most gains while 988,905 wallets lost money as the token fell 97% from its peak.
- On Saturday, cryptocurrency analytics firm Nansen reported that nearly 1 million people lost more than $3.8 billion investing in President Donald Trump's meme coin through the end of June.
- Launched on the Solana blockchain in January 2025, the $TRUMP token features a structure where Trump earns royalties on every trade, yielding a $636 million payout per his financial disclosure.
- Trading at $1.76 as of Friday, the coin is down 97 percent from its peak of $75.35, a decline that reflects "a small number of early buyers capturing enormous gains while the broad retail majority absorbed the losses," Nansen found.
- Beyond the meme coin, Trump's broader crypto empire—including World Liberty Financial—generated at least $1.4 billion in 2025 income, though the venture faced controversy after pledging 5 billion tokens to borrow $75 million.
- Senator Kirsten Gillibrand has proposed banning elected officials and their spouses from issuing or promoting crypto tokens, as the sector faces a 2026 slump with more than $600 million stolen from decentralized finance protocols.
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Donald Trump earns millions with his own crypto coin – while nearly a million investors lose billions. For many, the $TRUMP memecoin is a disaster, but for the president, it seems to be a lucrative business.
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Trump Coin Has Lost 97% of Its Value: Nearly 1 Million Wallets Sit on $3.8B in Losses
A quiet storm of financial ruin is sweeping through the digital wallets of nearly one million everyday investors. They are the supporters who answered a call to buy into a digital dream. Today, that dream lies in tatters. A damning new report by the cryptocurrency analytics firm Nansen has exposed the true scale of the devastation surrounding the $TRUMP memecoin. The token has lost a staggering 97 percent of its value from its peak. For the vast…
According to an analysis by Nansen, almost a million buyers of Donald Trump's Memecoin lost 3.8 billion dollars. Trump himself earned millions.
Trump has been enthusiastic about encouraging his supporters to invest, but they haven't fared very well. The president, however, is making a lot of money on his cryptocurrency even when the price is going down.
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