$4.7B Lost: Investors Drowning in Trump Crypto Ventures

According to Public Citizen, investors in cryptocurrency projects linked to President Donald Trump have lost at least $4.7 billion. This figure is largely made up of unrealized losses, meaning the assets' values have declined but not necessarily been sold.

The largest estimate comes from TRUMP, a memecoin launched by the President in January 2025. Approximately 1 million retail wallets bought the token on decentralized exchanges and are now underwater by a combined $3.2 billion. Only about $400 million of those losses have been realized through sales.

Public Citizen estimates that the earliest buyers captured most of the gains, with wallets that purchased during TRUMP's first two days accounting for nearly 90% of gains among retail buyers.