Donald Trump’s crypto portfolio climbed 36% in Q3, 2025
President Donald Trump’s on-chain, publicly attributed cryptocurrency holdings staged a rare recovery in the third quarter of 2025, rising 36.6% in value after a brutal start to the year. Between July 1 and September 30, the value of Trump’s wallet increased from $2.27 million to $3.10 million, a paper gain of roughly $823,000, according to Analysis by Finbold research in its Q3 2025 Cryptocurrency Market Report. Even after the rebound, the wallet remains down 69.5% year-to-date compared with January 1. The improvement in Q3 is best understood in the context of earlier losses: in the first quarter, Trump’s holdings collapsed from $10.16 million to just $1.96 million, an 80.7% drawdown. By the end of H1, the portfolio had stabilized around $2.2 million, still down more than three-quarters from its January levels. Why Trump’s portfolio went up in Q3 Two forces explain the uptick, and neither looks like classic “buying the dip.” First, Trump’s wallet ha...
