Trump's crypto token buyers are down $3.8 billion, blockchain data shows
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- TRUMP token buyers are down $3.81 billion combined, with 988,905 of 1.48 million wallets (roughly two-thirds) holding losses, per Nansen data shared with CoinDesk.
- President Trump earned over $1.4 billion from his memecoin launch, telling CNBC he did nothing illegal and was unaware of the extent of his holdings, after handing day-to-day business control to his two eldest sons.
- Profits are concentrated among the 492,285 wallets still in the green, which are up $4.04 billion collectively — mostly first-hour buyers who got in under $1 before the token hit a near-$75 peak two days later.
- TRUMP token trades near $1.79 today, down 96% from its peak, with a $425 million market value against nearly $15 billion at its January 2025 high; about $71 billion in value has moved through it since launch.
- World Liberty Financial's WLFI token shows a parallel pattern: 85% of 26,663 secondary-market wallets are underwater, with $83 million in combined losses against just $23 million in gains; WLFI is down more than 80% from its peak near $0.33.
- The broader crypto sector has slumped through the first half of 2026, with Bitcoin down roughly 50% from a record above $126,000 set in October, compounding the memecoin losses.
Why it matters: The data reveals a stark wealth-transfer asymmetry: early entrants captured $4 billion in gains while roughly two-thirds of all TRUMP wallets — nearly a million — absorbed $3.81 billion in losses, and a similar 85% underwater rate plagues World Liberty Financial's secondary market. Trump's $1.4 billion personal take, even as retail buyers bleed, shows how memecoin economics concentrate upside with insiders while distributing downside to later retail.
