A new investigation by Reuters claims that the Trump family made $2.3 billion from its four major cryptocurrency projects, while investors in those projects absorbed losses of the same size, amounting to nearly $2.3 billion, including paper losses, by the end of April.
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the investigation He describes World Liberty Financial’s token fundraising as the largest component of the Trump family’s alleged windfall. World Liberty revealed it raised $1.4 billion through the sale of 30 billion WLFI tokens, which Reuters says generated approximately $987 million for the Trump family.
However, Reuters says that the Trump family’s profits from World Liberty token sales may be higher than announced estimates. The outlet says that in an October 2025 filing tied to European cryptocurrency sales regulations, World Liberty reported that it held 3 billion fewer tokens than it had previously publicly announced.
Using a weighted average of token prices over the relevant period, Reuters estimates that if sold, these tokens would have generated at least $460 million for the Trump family.
Reuters says these potential additional sales will bring the Trump family’s total profits from… Global Freedom Symbol Sales To more than $1.4 billion, which represents the largest share of the total figure of $2.3 billion mentioned in the investigation.
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For the president’s official memecoin, Reuters used blockchain data to track gains from coin sales across online marketplaces and to determine coin movements on cryptocurrency exchanges.
The investigation says Movements to exchanges Strongly suggested by sales force, this style is attributed to experts, including finance and computing professors, a law professor, and an industry analyst.
Reuters reports that using weighted average prices during the periods when coins were moved to exchanges, it calculated that those movements — if they represented sales — raised more than $880 million. Reuters says total revenue, including sales through other channels, was about $1.2 billion.
Reuters also provides details on token flows involving ALT5 Sigma and World Liberty Financial. She says ALT5 Sigmawhich has been transformed into a cryptocurrency acquisition vehicle, has partnered with World Liberty Financial to purchase $717 million worth of World Liberty tokens. This purchase allegedly sent more than $500 million to the Trump family.
Aside from token sales, Reuters says it found Eric Trump’s stake worth more than $70 million at the end of April, while saying the value of Donald Trump Jr.’s stake has not been disclosed.
The report also notes that Hut 8 Corp, the Trump family’s partner in the project, purchased $25 million worth of World Liberty tokens shortly after the company launched, sending about $19 million to the Trump family.
Crypto investor losses
To estimate investor losses, Reuters says it compared what initial buyers paid for the TRUMP and World Liberty tokens and new shares in ALT5 Sigma and American Bitcoin against current market values.
For investors in World Liberty governance tokens, Reuters says early buyers paid either $1.5 or $0.5 per token. These early buyers may have profited from the tokens they sold after trading on cryptocurrency exchanges began, but Reuters notes that they were… Preventing them from selling 80% of their property.
For tokens purchased after the exchange began trading, prices also fell, Reuters says. In total, Reuters estimates that total investor losses in World Liberty tokens amount to about $674 million.
Reuters says buyers spent at least $1.2 billion on Trump, with prices as high as $75.35. Using the April 30 price of $2.38, the report says those coins are worth $521 million, meaning a loss of more than $700 million to buyers.
For Nasdaq-listed companies, Reuters reported that ALT5 Sigma and American Bitcoin It revealed the number of shares sold and funds raised until the end of March 2026.
Since August last year, Reuters says ALT5’s share price has fallen sharply, leaving investors down about $675 million. It says US Bitcoin stocks fell from $11 to $1.15 by the end of April after falling since September, leaving investors down more than $200 million.
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