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Billionaires
Trump Family’s $6.8 Billion Fortune Is Increasingly Tied to Crypto
Digital assets added $1.4 billion to the first family's wealth over the past year, making up about one-fifth of their fortune for the first time
When Donald Trump was sworn in for his second presidential term, his trove of financial assets already differed from when he first took the oath of office.
As he returned to power on a frigid day in January 2025, Trump had a social media company, a crypto platform he’d co-founded and even a new memecoin bearing his name — departures from the real estate projects and brand licensing deals that were long the main remit of the Trump Organization.