As the calculations show Forbes President Donald Trump is 551st in the billionaire rankings, with a fortune worth USD 7 billion. A year earlier it was only PLN 2.3 billion. Where did this jump come from?
How much is Trump worth?
Before I go any further, it’s worth explaining that accurately valuing Trump’s net worth is difficult. Forbes reported USD 7 billion, in turn Bloomberg USD 7.4 billion. However, it is less about decimal places (although in this case we are talking about gigantic amounts). The order of magnitude is more important. Especially since the entire Trump family is said to have assets worth approximately USD 10 billion. The family doyen, i.e. the US president, is supposed to be the richest, but his younger family members are not poor either. His son-in-law, Jared Kushner, is worth $1 billion, sons Eric and Donald Jr. respectively: USD 750 million and USD 500 million. Daughter Ivanka has USD 100 million in her wallet, 19-year-old Barron has USD 150 million.
And now it gets interesting. From the agency’s report Reuters shows that 93% of the profits of the Trump Organization, the Trump family company, were generated in the first half of 2025 by cryptocurrencies and cryptocurrency initiatives. The company’s revenues jumped as much as 17 times – from USD 51 million to USD 864 million. USD 802 million was generated by crypto projects – including: sale of World Liberty Financial (WLFI) tokens and memecoin TRUMP, respectively: slightly over USD 463 million and USD 336 million.
The crypto investor is Barron, who, according to his father, “had four cryptocurrency wallets before he knew what a wallet was” and earned approximately USD 83 million from the sale of WLFI tokens. Additionally, it has USD 535 million in digital assets.
This is all very good news for investors, because it means that for the next three years there will be someone in the White House who has a vested interest in supporting cryptocurrencies. And let’s be under no illusions: the Trumps’ associates certainly also take advantage of crypto opportunities.
However, I will not make Trump a Midas. His Trump Media and Technology Group, which is the formal owner of Truth Social, generated losses of USD 401 million in 2024. And this despite investments in bitcoins, which seemed to be an investment certainty this year.
It is worth adding that the current situation is completely different than the one in 2016, when the value of the Trumps’ assets decreased after Donald won the election.
Love or hate
It is worth adding that Trump’s attitude towards cryptocurrencies shows how polarizing the market is. A few years ago, Trump claimed that Bitcoin was a “fraud” and a threat to the dollar. His colleagues recalled that during his first term, he told them to “deal with” cryptocurrency, meaning to destroy it.
The breakthrough came during the presidential campaign. He was allegedly convinced to use cryptocurrencies by Vivek Ramaswamy, who competed with Trump for the nomination as the presidential candidate of the Republican Party. When he withdrew from the fight, he was supposed to meet with the current head of state and explain to her how bitcoin works. However, it is doubtful that this will convince Trump. He probably saw a potential profit in BTC. In addition, he wanted to take over the electorate of his other competitor – pro-Bitcoin Ron DeSantis.
