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Trump Family Profits Even With Tepid Launch of Crypto Tokens

World Liberty Financial’s cryptocurrency token fell short of investors’ hopes. But a previous deal paved the way for a payment to the Trump family of potentially hundreds of millions of dollars.

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Eric Trump and Donald Trump Jr. outside the Nasdaq building in New York last month.
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Court Decision to Toss Penalty Frees Trump Family of Financial Straits

The president’s financial situation had already improved after taking office a second time, thanks to his cryptocurrency ventures.

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President Trump in court in 2023, when he was fined about $450 million as part of a lawsuit brought by the New York attorney general. An appeals court threw out the financial penalty on Thursday.
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