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  • Trump-Linked Crypto Ventures Leave Investors at Least $4.7B Underwater: Public Citizen
    CryptoPotato - 17:12 Aug 29, 2026
    The TRUMP meme coin accounts for an estimated $3.2 billion in investor losses, according to Public Citizen's latest report.
  • Trump cost investors $4.7B through crypto ‘schemes’: Public Citizen
    Cointelegraph.com - 19:22 Aug 27, 2026
    Trump cost investors $4.7B through crypto ‘schemes’: Public CitizenWhile investors in World Liberty Financial‘s USD1 stablecoin “haven’t suffered major losses,” many lost billions of dollars in other Trump ventures, according to Public Citizen. The nonprofit consumer advocacy organization Public Citizen reported that US President Donald Trump “left investors at least an estimated $4.7 billion underwater” since 2022 through his and his family’s digital asset ventures. According to Public Citizen, investors lost billions of dollars through the Trump family World Liberty Financial governance token, the president’s nonfungible token (NFT) trading cards launched in 2022, his memecoin Official Trump (TRUMP) and Trump Media’s digital asset treasury.  The bulk of the estimated losses, according to the organization, came from investors in the TRUMP memecoin, with $3.2 billion lost, while buyers of World Liberty Financial‘s USD1 stablecoin “haven’t suffered major losses.” Public Citizen said that in the case of the memecoin, the losses represented “wealth transferred to a small group ...