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Bitcoin<\/a> dropped to about $62,000 today. That\u2019s down more than 50% from its October 2025 peak above $126,000. The entire crypto market has shed more than $1 trillion in value since the top.<\/p>\n That\u2019s bad news for anyone who put real money into crypto<\/a>. It\u2019s also bad news, at least on paper, for the Trump family \u2014 whose fortune now leans heavily on digital assets.<\/p>\n But the Trumps aren\u2019t losing the way the people who followed them into these investments are losing. Not even close.<\/p>\n Here\u2019s how the crypto crash is hitting each of the family\u2019s major plays \u2014 and why the people you should really feel sorry for aren\u2019t named Trump.<\/p>\n Bloomberg\u2019s Billionaires Index showed the Trump family\u2019s wealth falling from about $7.7 billion in early September to roughly $6.7 billion<\/a> by late November of 2025. Bitcoin kept sliding through this spring, so that hole has only gotten deeper.<\/p>\n That sounds painful. It is. But the family started 2025 with crypto holdings worth essentially zero. Now they\u2019re worth billions. The \u201closs\u201d is really just less of a gain.<\/p>\n Let\u2019s look at some examples.<\/p>\n Trump\u2019s own branded coin launched right before his second inauguration. CoinGecko shows it hit an all-time high of $44.28 \u2014 and is now trading around $1.65<\/a>. That\u2019s about a 94% wipeout in less than 18 months.<\/p>\n Anyone who bought near the top got their head handed to them. Meanwhile, a Financial Times investigation pegged the family\u2019s profit from launching the coin at $362 million. They collected fees on the way up. The investors collected the wreckage.<\/p>\n The first lady\u2019s coin peaked just above $13 the day after it launched. It\u2019s now trading at around 7 cents on CoinGecko<\/a> \u2014 a 99% drop. That\u2019s not volatility. That\u2019s evaporation.<\/p>\n The Trumps still added an estimated $65 million to their wealth from that token. The people who bought it added nothing to their portfolios except a punishing tax-loss harvest.<\/p>\n Quick aside \u2014 most internet financial advice comes from people who weren\u2019t alive during the last recession. I\u2019ve been writing about money for more than 35 years. Want rock-solid advice? Sign up for the free Money Talks Newsletter<\/a>. Takes 10 seconds. No fluff. No spam.<\/em><\/p>\n WLFI launched at $0.30 in September 2025 and briefly traded as high as $0.33. Today it\u2019s at about $0.057<\/a> \u2014 down more than 80% from the peak. Bloomberg reported in November that the family\u2019s founder-token holdings had already shed billions in paper value, and they\u2019ve fallen further since.<\/p>\n Here\u2019s the kicker. A Wall Street Journal investigation<\/a> found the Trump family pulled at least $1.2 billion in actual cash from World Liberty Financial over 16 months. That\u2019s not paper. That\u2019s banked. Including $187 million from an Abu Dhabi-linked investment firm four days before the inauguration.<\/p>\n Eric Trump and Donald Trump Jr. helped take the mining company public last September. The stock traded as high as $9.31<\/a> that month. It closed Friday at 86 cents<\/a>.<\/p>\n The company also posted an $82 million net loss in the first quarter<\/a> of 2026, on top of a $59 million loss the prior quarter. Real businesses lose real money when Bitcoin tanks. Welcome to mining.<\/p>\n The Truth Social parent acquired 11,542 Bitcoin at an average price of $118,522 per coin<\/a> \u2014 about $1.37 billion in spot Bitcoin, the centerpiece of a roughly $2 billion bet on Bitcoin and Bitcoin-related securities. The company also allocated another $300 million to a Bitcoin options strategy.<\/p>\n Bitcoin is now around $62,000. Trump Media\u2019s holdings were worth roughly $647 million by the end of March 2026 against a $1.13 billion cost basis, per the company\u2019s own filings.<\/p>\n The stock has been hammered, too. DJT<\/a> closed above $97 in March 2022. Friday it traded around $8.27 \u2014 down more than 90% from the peak. Bloomberg reports Trump Media posted a $405.9 million net loss<\/a> in the first quarter, mostly tied to those crypto holdings.<\/p>\n In our bitterly divided country, some readers will undoubtedly accuse me of Trump Derangement Syndrome for reporting this. But here\u2019s the thing: I\u2019ve been a financial journalist for 35 years. Not<\/em> reporting this would be negligent.<\/p>\n I can\u2019t recall any president, of either party, doing anything remotely like this. Ever.<\/p>\n A sitting president and his family raked in more than $1 billion from investments over which they have immense regulatory influence. This isn\u2019t a real estate empire or a licensing deal Trump built before taking office. It\u2019s a cluster of crypto ventures launched immediately before and during his second term.<\/p>\n The Trump family, like its investors, is taking paper losses. But they got paid first \u2014 in fees, in upfront wire transfers, in cash from selling tokens to early buyers, and in IPO proceeds. By the time prices started falling, billions had already moved into family-controlled accounts.<\/p>\n That\u2019s not politics. These are facts. And what\u2019s incredible isn\u2019t that I\u2019m pointing it out. It\u2019s that so few others are.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\nThe family\u2019s net worth dropped a billion on paper<\/h2>\n
The TRUMP memecoin is a graveyard for everyday investors<\/h2>\n
Melania\u2019s coin is nearly a total loss<\/h2>\n
World Liberty Financial collapsed \u2014 but the cash already moved<\/h2>\n
American Bitcoin is down about 91% from its high<\/h2>\n
Trump Media bought Bitcoin at the top<\/h2>\n
A special note to Trump supporters<\/h2>\n