Investors at least $4.7 billion underwater across Trump crypto ventures, Public Citizen confirms
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Investors in cryptocurrency projects tied to President Donald Trump face at least $4.7 billion in losses, while Trump earned at least $1.4 billion from his crypto ventures in 2025, according to a report by advocacy group Public Citizen.
Key facts
Public Citizen said the figure includes a roughly $1.04 billion paper loss at Nasdaq-listed AI Financial Corp., which acquired 7.28 billion WLFI tokens for about $1.46 billion in August 2025
Investors in cryptocurrency projects tied to President Donald Trump face at least $4.7 billion in losses, while Trump earned at least $1.4 billion from his crypto ventures in 2025, according
s TRUMP price page, the memecoin reached an all-time high of $73.43 in January 2025 before falling to about $2.73 as of Friday
Public Citizen also estimated at least $9.3 million in losses for buyers of three Trump Digital Trading Card collections
Summary
Public Citizen said the figure is largely made up of unrealized losses, meaning the assets have declined in value but have not necessarily been sold. The largest estimate comes from TRUMP, a memecoin the President launched in January 2025, three days before his inauguration. Only about $400 million of those losses had been realized through sales, Public Citizen said. 's TRUMP price page, the memecoin reached an all-time high of $73.43 in January 2025 before falling to about $2.73 as of Friday.