Trump Family Amasses $5b Fortune After Crypto Launch
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The Trump family has reportedly made a $5B fortune on paper after launching a cryptocurrency, sparking criticism and concerns about the legitimacy and potential market manipulation of the venture.
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It's textbook corruption in plain sight for all to see. As Schiff said when this went down, approximately around the doge peak: the only thing he's doing more efficiently than biden is facilitating corrpution.
Mar-A-Lago initiation fees went from $100K to $1000K/$1M after he became President (again).
The New Yorker recently released a article/video "How Much Money Is Trump Profiting from the Presidency?":
* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cpOE3aAt8XU
* https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/08/18/the-number
All the folks that want cryptocurrencies to be more accepted as legitimate financial vehicles should be up in arms about this. The crypto-skeptics of course see this as more evidence confirming their point of view.
If they cash in all at one that may happen. If they 'DCA' themselves out over a period of 2-3 years (before 2028) then a crash is less likely to occur.
Not if someone on the other end props it up.
There are plenty of foreign governments for whom $5B to buy a big favor from POTUS would be a no-brainer.
https://archive.ph/sCpAy