Trump made $1B on crypto, his buyers got crushed
View original at finance.yahoo.comTrump made $1B on crypto, his buyers got crushed Scott Melker discusses President Trump's latest financial disclosures, which show he earned nearly $1 billion from crypto-related ventures, while many investors in Trump-branded crypto tokens have suffered huge losses…
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People who bought assets launched by the president have lost roughly 98%
60% confidenceStablecoin consortiums like Open USD have never really worked in the past
60% confidenceIn 2024, 99% of Circle's income came from holding treasuries
60% confidenceCitigroup cut its year-end Bitcoin target from $112k to $82k and its Ether target from $3,175 to $2,240
60% confidenceCoinbase makes more money on USDC than Circle does
60% confidenceScott Melker is continuing to buy Bitcoin at a heavy rate because he believes a bottom is at or near
60% confidenceTrump made almost a billion and a half dollars on crypto in 2025 according to his own 900-plus page disclosure
60% confidenceTrump earned $511k from Ethereum validator staking rewards
60% confidenceTrump's net effect on the crypto industry is roughly zero, with negatives and positives balancing out
60% confidenceTrump annihilated the anti-crypto regulatory army of the Biden/Gensler/Warren era, which is a huge net positive for the industry
60% confidenceMelania Trump's NFT sales and collectibles business made $6 million
60% confidenceAs of May, the Trump Organization had made $2.29 billion total from crypto while investors had lost $2.28 billion
60% confidenceTrump made $236.3 million on World Liberty Financial token sales
60% confidenceIn 2024, 54% of all the money Circle made went to Coinbase, amounting to just under a billion dollars
60% confidenceTaiwan's new crypto law includes prison terms of up to seven years for running an unlicensed exchange
60% confidenceThe Open USD announcement alone dropped Circle stock up to 17% in one day
60% confidenceTrump made $196.9 million from the sale of his ownership interest in the USD1 stablecoin venture
60% confidenceCitigroup does not believe crypto ETFs will see positive inflows at all for the next year
60% confidenceTrump made $65.6 million from selling part of his stake in World Liberty Financial
60% confidenceThe Trump token hit $74.24 the day after launch and is now down about 98%, with 80% of supply still held by insiders on a vesting schedule
60% confidenceTrump made $635.1 million in fees on the Trump meme coin alone in 2025
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| Donald Trump · net income | 1.4 USD |