According to Bloomberg, within one year of U.S. President Donald Trump’s taking office, his family successfully raised $1.4 billion through cryptocurrency-related ventures, accounting for about 20% of the family’s total net assets.
Bloomberg pointed out that although the Trump family has achieved significant gains in the cryptocurrency market, their overall net worth remains around $6.8 billion, with little change compared to the same period last year. The reason is that “Trump Media & Technology Group (TMTG, stock ticker: DJT)” has experienced a substantial decline in market value, offsetting the hefty profits brought by cryptocurrencies.
The Trump family has currently realized a total of $1.4 billion in cryptocurrency-related gains, mainly from DeFi projects World Liberty Financial (WLFI) and the official Trump meme coin TRUMP.
However, from a “book value” perspective, the Trump family still holds approximately $3.8 billion worth of WLFI tokens. Since these tokens are still in a lock-up period and cannot be liquidated for now, they are not included in the calculation.
World Liberty Financial is led by Donald Jr., Trump’s eldest son, and Eric, his second son. Although the WLFI token price has halved from $0.3 at issuance in September last year to the current $0.16, the issuance proceeds and related financial instruments still bring considerable income to the family.
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