Trump Family Earned $500 Million From Crypto Venture as Investors Faced Steep Losses: Report
Reuters found Trump-linked crypto ventures generated $2.3 billion for the family while more than a million investors lost the same amount.
- A Reuters analysis revealed on Tuesday that the Trump family generated more than $500 million from crypto ventures, while more than a million investors suffered steep losses totaling $2.3 billion at the end of April.
- World Liberty Financial, co-founded by Eric Trump and Donald Trump Jr., promised to democratize finance but functioned as a conduit for Trump-family profit. The brothers hyped the ventures to attract investors, yet governance tokens crashed in value.
- Investors in AI Financial Corp, formerly ALT5 Sigma, lost roughly $675 million as the share price plummeted from above $9 in August 2025 to 75 cents in April 2026. The company now faces potential Nasdaq delisting.
- Individual investors, ranging from a Minnesota software engineer who lost $60,000 to a machinist in Indiana who lost about $32,700, report widespread regret as their savings evaporated. Others bemoan losses on the $TRUMP meme coin that tumbled 97% from its January 2025 peak.
- Most World Liberty token holdings remain locked until 2030, preventing investors from exiting even as values decline. Meanwhile, the Trump family maintains minimal investment risk, having funneled more than $1.6 billion from these crypto ventures while regulatory scrutiny continues.
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Trumps Make Bank Off Crypto as Investors Lose Their Shirts
People who bought into the Trump-branded crypto boom have, on paper, largely bought into a bust. Reuters reports that four Trump family ventures in digital assets have together produced at least $2.3 billion in profit for the Trumps since President Trump returned to the White House—while more than...
Donald Trump's family collected 500 million dollars from a crypto deal, while investors had to watch their investment collapse by more than 90 percent. Now a watchdog organization is calling on the SEC to act.
Trump Family Reportedly Earned Hundreds Of Millions From Crypto Deal As Partner Firm's Stock Tumbles
Questions are being raised about a $1.5 billion crypto transaction that generated significant proceeds for World Liberty Financial while investors in a partner company absorbed steep losses.
Trump family made $2.3 billion from crypto while retail investors lost same amount, says report
Risking little of their own money, the US president and his sons have added at least $2.3 billion to the family fortune from their main crypto ventures, while the investors they've wooed have taken a $2.3 billion hit, a Reuters examination found
The U.S. President's family has earned billions since he took up office again.
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