Public Citizen report documents $4.7B in investor losses from Trump-family crypto ventures since 2022, with TRUMP token accounting for $3.2B of unrealized losses.

Regulation & Gov · 2026-08-28

Public Citizen released an Aug. 27 report documenting that Trump-family-linked crypto ventures have inflicted at least $4.7 billion in investor losses since 2022, predominantly unrealized. The TRUMP token represented the largest loss component at $3.2 billion, with roughly 1 million of 1.6 million Solana wallet holders facing unrealized losses on their purchases. Additional reported losses included at least $1 billion tied to WLFI and approximately $450 million from Trump Media's holdings of 9,477 BTC, though Trump disclosed at least $1.4 billion in income from these same crypto-related ventures in his 2025 financial disclosure.

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