Trump family adds $1.7 billion of crypto wealth in span of weeks
NEW YORK – It took just a few eventful weeks for US President Donald Trump’s family to rack up about US$1.3 billion (S$1.7 billion) from two crypto ventures, each less than a year old.
The haul from crypto firm World Liberty Financial and separate mining operation American Bitcoin Corp. shows how still-nascent projects are already translating into tangible wealth for the first family. The sums rival the values of long-held golf and resort properties that had been synonymous with the Trumps, whose fortune now stands at US$7.7 billion, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.
The president’s two eldest sons, Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump, still share the role of executive vice president at the Trump Organization, but are…
