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        "rendered": "<div data-gtm-locator=\"articles\" data-v-43e640e6>\n<article id=\"article-214321\" data-v-43e640e6>\n<p itemprop=\"description\" data-v-43e640e6> The Trump family fortune soared this week amid heightened volatility, but the price of ABTC and WLFI have since retraced by double-digits. <\/p>\n<div data-v-43e640e6><picture><source media=\"(min-width: 1200px)\" ><source media=\"(min-width: 992px)\" ><source media=\"(min-width: 768px)\" ><source media=\"(min-width: 480px)\" ><img  loading=\"eager\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.cointelegraph.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/format=auto,onerror=redirect,quality=90,width=1434\/https:\/\/s3.cointelegraph.com\/uploads\/2025-09\/01992669-f162-7271-b1e0-6db3a42d86ac\" alt=\"Trump family's wealth grew by $1.3B following ABTC and WLFI debuts: Report\"><\/picture><\/div>\n<div data-v-43e640e6>\n<div data-v-43e640e6>\n<p>The family of United States president Donald Trump grew their collective wealth by $1.3 billion this week amid the trading debut of mining company American Bitcoin (ABTC), and gains from World Liberty Financial (WLFI), a decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol linked to the Trump family.<\/p>\n<p>World Liberty Financial has added $670 million to the Trump family\u2019s net worth, and Eric Trump\u2019s stake in ABTC, which he co-founded, was valued at over $500 million following the trading debut of ABTC on Wednesday, according to <a data-ct-non-breakable=\"null\" href=\"https:\/\/finance.yahoo.com\/news\/trump-family-adds-1-3-140000466.html\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"null\">Bloomberg<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The calculation measured the family\u2019s net worth using market prices on Wednesday when shares of ABTC <a data-ct-non-breakable=\"null\" href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/trump-american-bitcoin-trading-debut-halted-volatility\" title=\"null\">shot up to a high of $14<\/a> before collapsing by over 50% to a low of 6.24.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"United States, Donald Trump\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.cointelegraph.com\/uploads\/2025-09\/0199264d-7d74-77f3-8851-bfde7cb34755\" title><figcaption><em>ABTC price action following merger with Gryphon Digital Mining. Source: <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tradingview.com\/chart\/g7xkPkTa\/?symbol=NASDAQ%3AABTC\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"https:\/\/www.tradingview.com\/chart\/g7xkPkTa\/?symbol=NASDAQ%3AABTC\"><em>TradingView<\/em><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Additionally, the $1.3 billion did not account for the roughly <a data-ct-non-breakable=\"null\" href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/trump-family-world-liberty-financial-token-unlock\" title=\"null\">$4 billion in WLFI tokens<\/a> held by the Trump family that are subject to lock-up periods.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Using current market prices and excluding the $4 billion in WLFI tokens, the family\u2019s collective net worth stands at over $7.7 billion, <a data-ct-non-breakable=\"null\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/billionaires\/profiles\/donald-j-trump\/\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"null\">according<\/a> to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"United States, Donald Trump\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.cointelegraph.com\/uploads\/2025-09\/0199264e-904d-7a85-87d5-e8f7bb226922\" title><figcaption><em>Trump family\u2019s collective net worth surges in September. Source: <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/billionaires\/profiles\/donald-j-trump\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/billionaires\/profiles\/donald-j-trump\/\"><em>Bloomberg<\/em><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Trump family\u2019s involvement in crypto has brought an air of legitimacy to the cryptocurrency industry in the US following years of anti-crypto policies under the previous administration.<\/p>\n<p>However, the US president\u2019s crypto ties have also invited <a data-ct-non-breakable=\"null\" href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/digital-asset-hearing-objection-donald-trump-crypto-corruption\" title=\"null\">scrutiny from Democratic lawmakers<\/a> in the US, who say the First Family\u2019s involvement in the crypto sector represents a conflict of interest.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Related: <\/strong><\/em><a data-ct-non-breakable=\"null\" href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/eric-trump-biden-turned-his-family-pro-crypto-after-he-weaponized-banks\" title=\"null\"><em><strong>Trump family went pro-crypto after Biden \u2018weaponized&#8217; banks: WSJ<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>American Bitcoin and World Liberty made high volatility trading debuts this week<\/h2>\n<p>World Liberty Financial made its trading debut on major crypto exchanges on Monday, <a data-ct-non-breakable=\"null\" href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/trump-backed-wlfi-unlock-27-billion-tokens-coinmarketcap\" title=\"null\">unlocking 24.6 billion WLFI tokens<\/a> for the launch, which saw an initial trading spike before  token prices <a data-ct-non-breakable=\"null\" href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/whales-lose-millions-on-trump-linked-wlfi-s-40-dip-despite-47m-burn\" title=\"null\">collapsed by over 40%<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VKc5QcRvdc0?start=\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen loading=\"lazy\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>American Bitcoin was relisted on US stock exchanges, following a <a data-ct-non-breakable=\"null\" href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/american-bitcoin-reverse-merger-gryphon-nasdaq-abtc\" title=\"null\">merger with Gryphon Digital Mining<\/a>, a publicly listed crypto mining company, on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Trading of ABTC\u2019s stock was halted five times on Wednesday due to heightened volatility, which saw the stock soar to a high of $14 before collapsing to current prices of about $7.36 per share.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Magazine: <\/strong><\/em><a data-ct-non-breakable=\"null\" href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/magazine\/peter-brandt-trader-bitcoin-ether-xrp-price-predictions-technical-analysis\/\" title=\"null\"><em><strong>Crypto traders \u2018fool themselves\u2019 with price predictions: Peter Brandt<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><template data-name=\"subscription_form\" data-type=\"crypto_biz\" label=\"Subscription Form: Crypto Biz Newsletter\"><\/template><\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt src=\"https:\/\/zoa.cointelegraph.com\/pixel?postId=214321&#038;regionId=1\" data-v-43e640e6><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>",
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