Trump Family Earned $500 Million From Crypto Venture as Investors Faced Steep Losses: Report
The company said it may not stay listed unless its shares climb above $1, after investors lost about 93% since the August deal.
- A Reuters analysis revealed on Tuesday that the Trump family generated more than $500 million from crypto ventures, while more than a million investors suffered steep losses totaling $2.3 billion at the end of April.
- World Liberty Financial, co-founded by Eric Trump and Donald Trump Jr., promised to democratize finance but functioned as a conduit for Trump-family profit. The brothers hyped the ventures to attract investors, yet governance tokens crashed in value.
- Investors in AI Financial Corp, formerly ALT5 Sigma, lost roughly $675 million as the share price plummeted from above $9 in August 2025 to 75 cents in April 2026. The company now faces potential Nasdaq delisting.
- Individual investors, ranging from a Minnesota software engineer who lost $60,000 to a machinist in Indiana who lost about $32,700, report widespread regret as their savings evaporated. Others bemoan losses on the $TRUMP meme coin that tumbled 97% from its January 2025 peak.
- Most World Liberty token holdings remain locked until 2030, preventing investors from exiting even as values decline. Meanwhile, the Trump family maintains minimal investment risk, having funneled more than $1.6 billion from these crypto ventures while regulatory scrutiny continues.
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Trump Family Profits While Crypto Firm Struggles To Survive, Report Says
A Trump-linked cryptocurrency venture is facing growing scrutiny after investors suffered major losses while the Trump family reportedly earned hundreds of millions of dollars from the transaction. According to a CNBC report, Alt5 Sigma, now renamed AI Financial Corp., partnered with World Liberty Financial, a crypto company co-founded by Eric Trump and Donald Trump Jr. 🤝Under the August 2025 deal, AI Financial acquired roughly $1.5 billion wor…
Trump Family Got $500 Million While Investors Lost
“Company disclosures show the Trump family was entitled to roughly $500 million from a 2025 crypto transaction between World Liberty Financial and the publicly traded company then called Alt5 Sigma,” CNBC reports. “Alt5 Sigma’s stock has fallen more than 90% since just before the deal was announced.”
Under the Trump crypto playbook, the family always wins. Investors don’t
Risking little of their own money, the US president and his sons have added at least $2.3 billion to the family fortune from their main crypto ventures, while the investors they've wooed have taken a $2.3 billion hit, a Reuters examination found.
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