Coin Bureau|13. Mai
How Trump Nearly Tripled His Wealth with Crypto
Trump's Wealth Surge via Crypto
Donald Trump's net worth increased from ~$2.3B before his re-election to over $6B – nearly tripling in 16 months. Forbes and Bloomberg attribute about $3B directly to cryptocurrency.
The World Liberty Financial (WLFI) Structure- WLFI is a DeFi lending and stablecoin protocol launched in late 2024.
- The controlling entity, DT Max Defi LLC, is 70% owned by Donald Trump and 30% by his family.
- 75% of net protocol revenues flow to this LLC.
- Additionally, the Trump memecoin and American Bitcoin Corp exist.
- Justin Sun (Tron founder) invested $75M in WLFI.
- In March 2026, the SEC settled its fraud case against Sun with a $10M penalty but no admission of wrongdoing.
- Sun sued WLFI in April over an alleged blacklist function; WLFI countersued.
- The DOJ and CFTC are probing oil futures trades worth up to $7B that closely followed Trump's Truth Social posts.
- Example: a $500M short placed 15 minutes before an Iran-related post.
- The Digital Asset Market Clarity Act passed the House but is stalled in the Senate.
- Senator Gillibrand demands an ethics provision barring elected officials from launching tokens during their term – directly targeting the Trumps' setup.
- Polymarket odds for passage in 2026 dropped from 90% to 60%.
- Institutional investors (BlackRock, Morgan Stanley) continue to enter, but trust in neutral regulation erodes.
- If Democrats win the House, retroactive ethics enforcement could criminalize current token structures, reshaping the entire crypto landscape.
