The wealth map of the Trump family is being redrawn at an astonishing speed, with cryptocurrency becoming their fastest and most powerful wealth growth engine.
In just a few weeks, the Trump family has profited approximately $1.3 billion from two cryptocurrency projects established less than a year ago, a massive income nearly equivalent to the value of their long-held golf courses and resort properties.
This figure brings the total wealth of the Trump family to $7.7 billion. Once primarily reliant on real estate and brand licensing to accumulate wealth, the Trump family has now found an unprecedented pace and scale of wealth growth in the cryptocurrency sector.
01 Crypto Layout, Two Carriages Driving Side by Side
The Trump family's crypto wealth mainly comes from two core projects: World Liberty Financial and American Bitcoin, led by Trump's eldest son Donald Trump Jr. and second son Eric Trump. On September 1, World Liberty reached a key milestone—allowing clients to trade its eponymous token WLFI.
Last month, the company reached an agreement with publicly traded ALT5 Sigma Corporation: ALT5 issued $1.5 billion in new shares, and World Liberty paid half of that amount using its virtual currency WLFI.
Eric Trump founded American Bitcoin in March this year, and it went public on September 3, with the stock value exceeding $500 million at the time of the IPO.
02 Wealth Surge, Digital Assets Outperform Traditional Real Estate
The Trump family has gained about $1.3 billion from the crypto sector, which can rival the value of their long-held iconic wealth—golf courses and resorts.
According to Bloomberg Billionaires Index data, these developments have increased the Trump family's net worth by about $670 million. Trump's personal holdings of 15.7 billion WLFI tokens are valued at about $3.6 billion.
All of this suggests that the properties most closely associated with the Trump family, such as Trump Tower on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan and Mar-a-Lago, are no longer the fastest way to acquire new wealth.
03 Attitude Shift, From Cryptocurrency Skepticism to Full Embrace
Trump's attitude towards cryptocurrency has undergone a significant shift. In a June 2021 interview, he openly criticized cryptocurrency as a 'scam that affects the value of the dollar,' advocating for strict regulation of cryptocurrencies.
However, to win the 2024 U.S. election, Trump quickly changed his attitude towards the U.S. digital asset industry and began to curry favor with cryptocurrency companies.
In January 2025, shortly after Trump took office, he signed an executive order demanding to strengthen the United States' leadership in the digital financial technology sector and established a digital asset market working group within the White House's National Economic Council.
04 Conflicts of Interest, Blurred Lines Between Power and Money
The Trump family's crypto activities have raised questions about 'money-grabbing' and conflicts of interest. U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren and Congresswoman Maxine Waters pointed out that the Trump family's position in World Liberty Financial constitutes an unprecedented conflict of interest.
Former White House director Anthony Scaramucci said, 'Now anyone in the world can simply click a few buttons to deposit money into the U.S. President's bank account.'
Norman Eisen, former White House ethics advisor during the Obama administration, is concerned that 'the interests Trump is trying to obtain create an extremely serious conflict of interest with his responsibilities to regulate the industry.'
05 Market Impact, Policy Deregulation and Regulatory Reform
Since Trump took office, there have been clear signs of regulatory loosening in the U.S. government's approach to the cryptocurrency industry. Trump appointed crypto supporter Paul Atkins as chair of the SEC and established a 'Strategic Reserve Fund' controlled by the federal government.
On February 27, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission announced that it had reached a joint agreement with Coinbase and Coinbase Global to withdraw the civil enforcement actions against the two companies.
Vice President Vance publicly stated at the 'Bitcoin 2025' conference at the end of May this year: 'The cryptocurrency industry now has a true ally and spokesperson in the White House.'
06 Future Plans, Real Estate Tokenization and More Innovations
The Trump family's crypto plans continue to expand. Warren Hui, co-founder of venture capital firm Soul Ventures, revealed that founders of cryptocurrency companies have recently proposed starting to 'tokenize real estate assets.'
Warren Hui noted, 'When talking to Eric Trump, we are very confident because his experience in the hotel and real estate industries makes us believe in this.'
This means that the Trump family might combine its traditional real estate advantages with emerging crypto technologies to create a whole new path for wealth growth.
The Trump family is also planning a larger crypto layout—'tokenization' of real estate assets.
