Claims: Trump made $1.4bn from crypto in one year. Is Justin Sun the man who helped him do it?
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- title: Trump made $1.4bn from crypto in one year. Is Justin Sun the man who helped him do it? Source
- url: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/ng-interactive/2026/jul/16/justin-sun-trump-family-crypto Source
- summary: The entrepreneur is known in Washington as the financial power behind the president’s crypto fortune. How did Sun’s business love-in with the Trump family spiral into dueling lawsuits? The most infamous financial scandal in US presidential history – the 1920s Teapot Dome affair – involved then president Warren G Harding’s interior secretary, Albert Fall, taking roughly $400,000 in bribes. Adjusted for inflation, that’s about $6m today. Last year, Donald Trump made at least $2.2bn ; his single ye… Source
- published: Thu, 16 Jul 2026 16:19:56 GMT Source