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Trump family made $2.3 BILLION in crypto profits while everyday investors lost nearly the SAME amount — Reuters EXPOSED the $TRUMP coin, World Liberty Financial & American Bitcoin playbook. Plus Bitcoin's worst week since FTX, Canada's $100M to Palestine & more.
A bombshell Reuters investigation found the Trump family pocketed at least $2.3B across four crypto ventures — World Liberty Financial, the $TRUMP meme coin, ALT5 Sigma, and American Bitcoin — while buyers lost roughly the same, with the family risking virtually none of its own capital. We break it all down, then run the worst week in Bitcoin since the FTX collapse, a $20M token exploit, a 20-year U.S. BTC sell-ban bill, Monaco's 0% crypto tax, and a packed Notable North on Carney's Canada.
In this episode of the Canadian Bitcoiners Podcast:
Reuters EXPOSED — Trump family +$2.3B vs investor losses of ~$2.3B: World Liberty Financial (+$1.1B / -$674M), $TRUMP (+$616M / -$711M), ALT5 Sigma (+$538M / -$675M), American Bitcoin (+$19M / -$216M)
You just survived the worst week in Bitcoin since the FTX crash — nobody said hodling was easy
The Humanity ($H) token exploit: an attacker drains $20M+ and the price dumps 87%
️ American Reserve Modernization Act of 2026 (H.R. 8957) — a 20-year ban on selling acquired BTC + quarterly, publicly audited proof-of-reserve
⚰️ Bitcoin L2 Botanix shuts down after 4 years — the Bitcoin-native DeFi demand problem
A 19-year-old Canadian pleads guilty to laundering $13M in stolen crypto (Lambos, private jets, Miami nightlife)
Nakamoto sells 600 BTC to cut debt and launches a $25M buyback
Blockstream's SHRINCS brings post-quantum, quantum-resistant signatures to Bitcoin — plus Jameson Lopp & ChainQuery on quantum-vulnerable UTXOs
Bitcoin Core privacy bug in -privatebroadcast (v31.0) can leak your IP — fix coming in 31.1
️ The air purifier that secretly mines Bitcoin
Monaco announces 0% capital gains tax on Bitcoin & crypto
Notable North — Canada pledges $100M to Palestine (announced from Paris), the Gordie Howe Bridge debacle, and Toronto's mayor says the Somali FIFA referee the U.S. ruled inadmissible is welcome in the city
Plus the "88,000 new jobs" that were mostly temporary census + FIFA/seasonal workers, 1 in 4 Toronto kids living in poverty, and seniors as Canada's fastest-growing homeless population
The Trump crypto saga is the clearest case yet for the only money no insider can print, dilute, or rug-pull: Bitcoin. Self-custody, verify, and keep stacking sats.
Sources: Reuters, Coin Bureau, CoinMarketCap, Bitcoin News, Blockstream, Bitcoin Core, Specter Analyst
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