Trump’s Crypto Assets Now Comprise a Key Part of Family Fortune Worth Billions

Since launching his re-election campaign in 2024, one that heavily focused on the adoption of cryptocurrency, President Donald Trump and his family have aggressively dived into crypto with a series of ventures that merge digital assets with their political brand.

Trump’s crypto ventures include several key projects: NFT sales from digital trading cards, the TRUMP and MELANIA memecoins, and the decentralized finance (DeFi) platform World Liberty Financial (WLFI). The USD1 stablecoin, issued by WLFI, currently has a market capitalization of $2.2 billion and ranks as the seventh-largest stablecoin by market cap, according to DeFiLlama.

While it’s hard to estimate exactly how much of the president’s $5.1 billion net worth is derived from crypto due to market volatility and multiple ventures, reports place the total in the eight- to nine-figure range. One recent Bloomberg report puts Trump’s crypto earnings at a minimum of $620 million. Meanwhile, a Forbes article estimates the Trump family’s crypto holdings have added about $1 billion to their wealth, with more expected.

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