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How the ‘Crypto President’ Raked In $1.4 Billion


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President Trump’s crypto ventures have generated an estimated $1.4 billion in income last year, all the while most investors in Trump-affiliated crypto endeavors remain underwater, The Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday.

Trump In Green, Investors In Losses

According to a financial disclosure, Trump earned around $800 million from World Liberty Financial in 2025.

Combined with proceeds from his meme coin and other crypto businesses, the president’s digital asset ventures generated about $1.4 billion last year..

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Retail investors on the other hand have experienced steep losses by investing in crypto related ventures of Trump.

Blockchain analytics firm Nansen found that approximately two-thirds of wallets that purchased the TRUMP meme coin are currently holding unrealized losses, The Wall Street Journal reported.

The report also stated that 85% of secondary-market buyers of World Liberty Financial’s token remain underwater. Etherscan data shows 99.3% of the WLFI token’s valuation is held by whales.

The Trump meme coin reached a market capitalization of nearly $15 billion shortly after launching in January 2025 before falling about 97% to roughly $407 million currently, according to the report.

Investors React

Some investors expressed disappointment after backing Trump’s crypto projects.

Morten Christensen, founder of AirdropAlert.com and a holder of WLFI tokens, told the WSJ that he had hoped gains from the investment would help fund his retirement.

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However, he suffered significant losses while Trump profited from the token sale.

Christensen who had also attended the Mar-a-Lago dinner event by Trump called WLFI a ‘good, explosive cocktail” in September 2025.

Others defended the president, arguing investors knowingly accepted the risks associated with speculative crypto assets.

Vincent Deriu, a crypto investor who accumulated more than 8,000 TRUMP tokens, stated that participation was voluntary, and investors understood the risks involved.

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