Under the Trump Crypto Playbook, the Family Always Wins. Investors Don’t By Tom Bergin, Michelle Conlin, Koh Gui Qing and Tom Wilson Risking little of their own money, the US president and his sons have added at least $2.3 billion to the family fortune from their main crypto ventures, while the investors they’ve wooed have taken a $2.3 billion hit, a Reuters examination found. It was January 2025, crypto fever was raging, and Donald J. Trump was preparing to return to the White House.