US President Donald Trump and his sons have turned a series of crypto ventures into a huge family windfall, while many of their backers lost money. A new Reuters investigation estimates that the Trumps have added at least 2.3 billion dollars to their fortune from their main crypto projects, risking little of their own cash. At the same time, Reuters calculates that outside investors in those ventures are down by about 2.3 billion dollars on paper.
How the Trumps Made Billions from Crypto
Reuters examined four main projects tied to the family, including World Liberty Financial, Trump‑branded memecoins, and other token deals. In each case, the structures granted the Trumps large, often low‑cost stakes in new digital assets that they could cash out as prices surged. The report says the family typically put in “little or none of their money,” yet still locked in massive gains by selling tokens or related equity.
In one example, World Liberty Financial, a DeFi platform co‑founded by Trump and his sons, has already produced more than 1 billion dollars in profit for the family, according to Reuters’ analysis. Earlier financial disclosures also showed Trump reporting tens of millions of dollars in income from token sales and crypto ventures in 2024 alone. Bloomberg.com/news/features/2026-01-20/donald-trump-family-net-worth-increasingly-comes-from-cryptopreviously estimated that digital assets added about 1.4 billion dollars to the Trump family’s net worth over a single year.
What Happened to the Investors They Courted
While the Trumps booked gains, many investors who bought into their projects at higher prices have not fared as well. Reuters estimates that token holders and shareholders across the family’s main crypto ventures have, in total, seen about 2.3 billion dollars in losses based on current market values. In some cases, early backers complained that they faced trading limits or lockups even as insiders earned large payouts.
A House Judiciary Committee staff report released by Democratic members last year accused the president of using his office “to enrich himself and his family” through crypto schemes linked to foreign and corporate allies. That report, titled “Trump, Crypto, and a New Age of Corruption,” claimed the family’s digital asset holdings were worth as much as 11.6 billion dollars at one point in 2025. The White House and Trump representatives have rejected accusations of wrongdoing and have defended his business activities as legal and properly disclosed.
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