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US President Donald Trump and Family Build $1 Billion Crypto Empire

￰0￱ Donald Trump and his family have rapidly built a crypto empire generating over $1 billion in pre-tax profits in the past year, according to a Financial Times ￰1￱ publication notes that Trump’s administration policies helped attract massive capital into digital assets, fueling their ￰2￱ Family Crypto Boom Drives Billion-Dollar Profits Just a year ago, Trump claimed he lacked the cash to pay a $500 million court fine and feared he might be forced to sell his assets. Now, after returning to the White House, his wealth has grown, and family businesses are closing deals in the ￰3￱ abroad despite potential conflicts of ￰4￱ crypto, the family earns tens of millions from branded merchandise, including Bibles, perfumes, sneakers, and autographed ￰5￱ Lady Melania Trump also signed a $40 million deal with Amazon for a ￰6￱ the biggest source of wealth is the Trump family’s crypto business, which spans memecoins, stablecoins, NFTs, DeFi platforms, and tokens tied to the Trump ￰7￱ Trump told the Financial Times, “ The actual revenue we've received is only a fraction of ￰8￱ actual figure is probably even higher .” Trump Media and Technology Group Leads the Crypto Surge According to estimates, Trump’s stake in Trump Media & Technology Group (parent company of Truth Social) is valued at $1.9 ￰9￱ company also holds $2 billion in Bitcoin in its ￰10￱ the most profitable assets is World Liberty Financial, co-founded by Trump’s sons and businessman Steven ￰11￱ company earned $550 million from WLFI token sales and issued the USD1 stablecoin, with total sales surpassing $2.7 ￰12￱ 2024, profits from this project alone reached $57 ￰13￱ Trump administration’s pro-crypto policies, including retirement investment options and regulatory leniency, have accelerated ￰14￱ Trump emphasized, “ The Bitcoin community has embraced my father in a way I've never seen before .” Ethical Questions and Political Influence Former White House legal adviser Richard Painter described the merging of political power and family business as ￰15￱ assets are technically in a trust, Trump remains the sole beneficiary with full access after his term.

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