Trump rakes in $1.4 billion in profits by going all-in on cryptocurrency! In a twist, he turns all the gains into “stocks and bonds,” leaving retail investors wiped out in a $2.3 billion bloodbath

US President Donald Trump frequently endorses cryptocurrencies in public, but privately he has been exposed for “cutting down retail investors”! According to disclosed documents, Trump, through issuing a meme coin and the World Liberty Financial project, has pocketed more than $1.4 billion in profits and transferred all of it into traditional conservative assets such as stocks and bonds. In stark contrast, retail investors lost as much as $2.3 billion in projects he endorsed. In addition, Trump recently abruptly tore up the US-Iran interim peace agreement, bringing more turbulence to global markets with another “Trump shock.”
(Background: Trump’s family Bitcoin mining company ABTC has plunged 95% since listing; more than 8,000 BTC face selling pressure)
(Background addition: Trump: Micron investing $250 billion in the US! This is how my “Trump effect” can create 100k jobs)

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• Raked in $1.4 billion, with all funds parked in traditional assets
• Retail traders lose $2.3 billion, experts blast “words and deeds don’t match”
• Tears up US-Iran deal, market braces for another “Trump shock”

US President Donald Trump has repeatedly called, in public, for the United States to be built into a “cryptocurrency capital,” but his latest personal financial disclosure has sharply contradicted that promise.

According to a BigGo Finance report, the latest disclosure documents from the US Office of Government Ethics (OGE) reveal Trump’s astonishing profits in the crypto market. The data show that in 2025, through selling his own meme coin “$Trump” and the World Liberty Financial project co-founded with his son, Trump personally cashed out more than $1.4 billion (about NT$230 billion). Even though Trump’s personal holdings of crypto tokens come with long-term lockup restrictions due to his status as founder, he still managed to realize this huge sum through the project’s operations.

Raked in $1.4 billion, with all funds parked in traditional assets

What stands out is that this top promoter of cryptocurrencies did not keep the profits on the blockchain. According to analysis by Reuters, as that large inflow of crypto capital arrived, Trump’s personal stock and bond investment portfolio has surged by at least 4 times over two years.

By the end of 2025, the value of his traditional assets portfolio had climbed to between $703 million and $2.6 billion, far above the level of $225 million to $608 million at the end of 2024. A spokesperson for the Trump organization said the disclosure proves the organization’s finances are solid, with quality assets, ample liquidity, and a conservative balance sheet, but refused to explain why crypto gains were shifted to traditional assets. The White House clarified that Trump’s assets are managed by independent third-party financial institutions through “discretionary trust accounts.”

Retail traders lose $2.3 billion, experts blast “words and deeds don’t match”

In sharp contrast to the fat gains filling Trump’s pockets is the financial ruin suffered by the crowds of follow-on retail investors. The data show that as of April 2026, among the four major crypto projects Trump publicly endorsed, retail investors have accumulated losses of up to $2.3 billion (about NT$370 billion).

This “say one thing, do another” behavior has drawn fierce criticism. Timothy Massad, director of the Digital Assets Policy Project at Harvard Kennedy School and former chairman of the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), sharply criticized: “The president positions digital assets as the frontier of finance and claims he wants to make the US a cryptocurrency capital; but the disclosure shows that his personal strategy is to quickly make a profit on cryptocurrencies, then park those gains in safe assets such as traditional stocks and bonds.” In addition, nine other digital asset experts also agreed that it shows Trump fundamentally does not trust cryptocurrencies as a primary store-of-value tool for personal wealth.

Tears up US-Iran deal, market braces for another “Trump shock”

Besides being volatile in the crypto market, Trump’s surprise moves in international diplomacy have also left Wall Street frustrated.

At the NATO summit on July 8, Trump suddenly announced the repeal of the “US-Iran interim peace agreement,” which had been signed less than a month earlier. This decision, which stunned many, instantly shattered investors’ expectations of easing tensions in the Middle East and triggered a global “Trump shock.” Marko Papic, chief investment strategist at BCA Research, lamented that he had just advised clients to sell US stocks and switch to Europe and Japan, only to have to urgently adjust strategies within a day and cut losses due to this sudden decision.