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Barron Trump’s $40 Million Crypto Win Shocks Wall Street: Forbes Confirms Massive Profit
Daily Fetched ^ | June 23, 2025 | Jason Walsh

Posted on 06/23/2025 1:11:04 PM PDT by Red Badger

Barron Trump, son of President Donald Trump, has now earned almost $40 million from cryptocurrency before his 20th birthday.

Barron is left with about $25 million after taxes from a very clever investment, according to Forbes.

This whopping amount is said to far exceed what some of his older siblings made when they were his age.

“Barron knows so much about this,” the president noted, after the Trump family announced a crypto enterprise called World Liberty Financial.

“Barron’s a young guy, but he knows it — he talks about his wallet.”

Barron’s influence in both the public — and private — sector continues to grow, as he’s plugged in with some of the biggest power players in the country.

This included an inaugural luncheon where he spoke with Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, Republican Senate Majority Leader John Thune, and then-Secretary of State nominee Marco Rubio for over 30 minutes.

Barron, who is currently studying business at New York University, has been ahead of the curve on issues that helped his father recapture the presidency.

Notably, Barron encouraged his father to sit down with Joe Rogan and other influencers for podcast interviews ahead of the 2024 election.

That move ultimately highlighted Kamala Harris and her team’s refusal to sit with Rogan, giving a major advantage to Trump.

President Trump also said he has benefited from Barron telling him about people he had not heard of, helping him connect with younger voters.

Nathan Pearce, the CEO of custom clothing franchise Pearce Bespoke, had nothing but praise for Barron.

“He’s this super-bright kid,” Pearce told Women’s Wear Daily.

“He’s well beyond his years in terms of experience, knowledge, history. He’s just very fascinating to talk to.”

Pearce added, “You know what is another word I would say [about him]? Hospitable. He is down-to-earth, nice as can be, and hospitable.”

It should come as no surprise that there’s already speculation about Barron’s bright future.

Time will tell if he follows in his father’s footsteps.


TOPICS: Business/Economy; History; Society
KEYWORDS: trump
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To: clutzyfuzzy

Let’s be honest..if chelsy Clinton did this,we wouldn’t be so nice about it.


41 posted on 06/23/2025 3:22:44 PM PDT by cherry
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To: Qwapisking

Not jealous of BT or thought I was insulting anyone.

Good luck!


42 posted on 06/23/2025 3:24:40 PM PDT by TauntedTiger (If voting mattered, they wouldn't let us do it. Mark Twain)
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To: cherry

If she actually EARNED it I would not care if she became wealthy. She has no skills to earn anything, but steals from us with the help of her mother.


43 posted on 06/23/2025 4:10:37 PM PDT by madison10
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To: thinden

If I knew how I would have done that!........


44 posted on 06/23/2025 4:47:06 PM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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To: EnderWiggin1970

Thx. Actually, I was asking if crypto like bitcoin were to be counterfeited by AI. Could AI figure out how to corrupt the block chain or is it infailable?


45 posted on 06/23/2025 4:51:54 PM PDT by MulberryDraw
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To: DeplorablePaul

The “first”?...….......


46 posted on 06/23/2025 4:53:44 PM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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To: Red Badger

ping


47 posted on 06/23/2025 5:00:43 PM PDT by dennisw (💯🇺🇸 Truth is Hate to those who Hate the Truth. 🇺🇸💯)
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To: Red Badger

https://www.forbes.com.au/news/billionaires/how-barron-trump-may-have-earned-40-million-from-his-dads-crypto-venture/


48 posted on 06/23/2025 5:04:20 PM PDT by dennisw (💯🇺🇸 Truth is Hate to those who Hate the Truth. 🇺🇸💯)
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To: MulberryDraw

A bunch of smart strangers online told me Block Chain is infallible. No worries.


49 posted on 06/23/2025 5:09:01 PM PDT by TauntedTiger (If voting mattered, they wouldn't let us do it. Mark Twain)
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To: Red Badger

Grok estimate: Less than 0.002% of Americans (approximately 2,000 or fewer taxpayers) are likely to have paid over $15 million in federal income taxes in a single year.


50 posted on 06/23/2025 6:24:42 PM PDT by UnwashedPeasant (The pandemic we suffer from is not COVID. It is Marxist Democrat Leftism. )
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To: MulberryDraw
Bitcoin exists as a series of entries on a ledger shared across thousands of computers (whomever wants to participate in the network). To make a valid transaction you must prove you hold the private keys for an existing balance on the ledger by cryptographically signing the transaction. There is no way to do this (even with advanced quantum computing if you practice good public key hygiene) unless you really hold the private key. The price of bitcoin is a reflection of that very high level of confidence.

In short, bitcoin cannot be counterfeited. The best scammers can do is try to trick people into downloading some false piece of software that tells the victim what the scammer wants them to see, completely and utterly independent of what is in the real bitcoin ledger. But even a newbie bitcoiner should know enough to be able to look up transactions and balances on the ledger (which is transparent to everyone), which would foil such a scam. Sometimes scammers find people who really are clueless though.

51 posted on 06/23/2025 8:08:53 PM PDT by EnderWiggin1970
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To: TauntedTiger

That’s comforting!


52 posted on 06/23/2025 8:28:26 PM PDT by MulberryDraw
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To: Red Badger

He has the ability to advance at such an early age and a family to learn from best of luck to him.

Timing in life is everything.


53 posted on 06/24/2025 7:45:15 AM PDT by Vaduz
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