Trump Family Crypto Project Quietly Sold as Holders Got Stuck

cross-posted from: https://reddthat.com/post/64846557

(Bloomberg) -- The pitch was straightforward: Invest in the cryptocurrency venture of Donald Trump and his family, back the industry’s most powerful ally at the peak of their influence, and share the spoils.

What is unfolding has no precedent in American financial life. A sitting president’s family holds financial stakes in a live token project — one setting governance rules, directing treasury sales, collecting proceeds — while the people who signed up find themselves with limited options to exit.