#TrumpBitcoinEmpire

Key Takeaways

Trump created a new political-financial space linking campaigns and investments.

Trump ventures raised nearly $1 billion via NFTs, memecoins, DeFi sales.

While Trump is the public face, operations are handled by LLCs and allies like Zanker, Folkman, and Herro.

Aqua 1, a shadowy UAE fund, injected $100 million into World Liberty Financial, making it the project’s biggest known investor despite having no visible track record.

President Donald Trump’s transformation from crypto-skeptic to blockchain power broker has produced a sprawling Web3 empire, complete with NFTs, memecoins, and a decentralized finance (DeFi) platform.

While his name, position and likeness are front and center, much of the financial engine behind these projects is driven by a network of little-known business partners, entities with minimal transparency, and wealthy foreign investors.