Trump Coin Buyers Lost $3.8 Billion While Trump Made $1.4 Billion

Buying a Trump-branded cryptocurrency has been a painful bet for most people. New data shows that everyday investors who bought the TRUMP token are collectively down $3.81 billion — while U.S. President Donald Trump himself earned more than $1.4 billion from his crypto ventures.

The TRUMP token is a memecoin (a type of cryptocurrency created mostly for hype and fun, with little real-world use). It launched in January 2025, briefly soared, and has since collapsed.

Here are the key numbers from analytics firm Nansen:

• 1.48 million wallets (digital accounts that hold crypto) have bought the token since launch.
• 988,905 wallets — about two-thirds — are losing money, down $3.81 billion combined.
• 492,285 wallets are in profit, up $4.04 billion, but these gains are concentrated among people who bought in the very first hours.
• The token is now down 96% from its peak of nearly $75.

The pattern is clear: a small group of early buyers made almost all the money. They bought when the coin cost under $1, before it briefly spiked. Later buyers — mostly ordinary retail investors (regular individuals, not big professional firms) — bought at higher prices and got stuck with heavy losses.

A second Trump-linked token called WLFI is also struggling, with 85% of its secondary-market wallets "underwater" (meaning they're worth less than what people paid).

The losses got worse as the whole crypto market slumped. Bitcoin (the world's largest cryptocurrency) has fallen roughly 50% from its October record above $126,000, and 2026 has been a rough year for the sector overall.

Bottom line: These tokens created huge profits for a lucky few early insiders, but the vast majority of buyers who arrived later are now sitting on major losses — a stark reminder of how risky memecoins can be.

This is an AI-generated summary. Read the original article at: https://www.coindesk.com/business/2026/07/04/trump-s-crypto-token-buyers-are-down-usd3-8-billion-blockchain-data-shows