Rewards Hub No sitting U.S. president has ever been this financially entangled with crypto markets. Donald Trump's family now controls stakes in a publicly traded social media company pivoting into fintech (DJT), a DeFi governance token (WLFI), a Bitcoin mining operation (ABTC), and a memecoin ($TRUMP) that launched days before his second inauguration. According to Reuters, the Trump family earned over $802 million from crypto operations in the first half of 2025 alone, dwarfing income from golf courses and real estate licensing combined.
For traders, these assets sit at the intersection of political narrative, speculative momentum, and regulatory uncertainty. Each one behaves differently, carries different risks, and responds to different catalysts. This guide breaks down where each Trump-linked asset stands as of February 2026, what drives price action, and how to position around them on Phemex.
What Are the Main Trump-Linked Assets to Watch in 2026?
The Trump family's crypto and stock portfolio has expanded significantly since 2024. Five tradable assets now carry direct or indirect exposure to Trump's political and business activity.
Asset | Type | Ticker | Price (Feb 2026) | Market Cap | Where It Trades |
Official Trump | Memecoin (Solana) | $TRUMP | ~$3.40 | ~$790M | Phemex, Coinbase, Kraken, Binance |
Trump Media & Technology | Public stock (Nasdaq) | DJT | ~$11.46 | ~$3.2B | Nasdaq, major brokers |
World Liberty Financial | DeFi governance token | WLFI | ~$0.10 | ~$2.7B | Coinbase, Binance, Kraken |
American Bitcoin Corp | Public stock (Nasdaq) | ABTC | ~$1.50 | ~$6.6B | Nasdaq, major brokers |
USD1 | Stablecoin (WLF) | USD1 | $1.00 (pegged) | Top 10 stablecoin | DEXs, CEXs |
Each of these assets responds to different triggers. $TRUMP moves on headline momentum and memecoin sentiment cycles. DJT reacts to corporate announcements and speculative fervor around Trump Media's fintech expansion. WLFI trades on DeFi adoption signals and institutional interest. ABTC correlates tightly with Bitcoin's price since the company holds over 5,800 BTC on its balance sheet.
How Has $TRUMP Performed Since Launch?
The $TRUMP memecoin had one of the most dramatic launches in crypto history. Released on January 17, 2025, two days before Trump's inauguration, it surged from roughly $0.18 to an all-time high near $73 within 48 hours. That initial spike gave the token a market capitalization exceeding $14 billion at its peak.
The collapse was just as sharp. By mid-2025, $TRUMP had dropped below $10. A brief rally in late April pushed it back into the mid-teens after an announcement offering dinner invites for top token holders. That bounce faded quickly. The token closed 2025 near $4.80 and has continued sliding into February 2026, trading around $3.40.
The tokenomics tell part of the story. Only 200 million of the 1 billion total supply were released at launch. The remaining 800 million tokens are held by Trump-affiliated entities (CIC Digital LLC and Fight Fight Fight LLC) with a scheduled unlock over three years. That overhang creates persistent selling pressure as new tokens enter circulation.
For traders, $TRUMP is a sentiment vehicle. It reacts to Trump-related headlines, broader memecoin flows on Solana, and macro risk-on/risk-off shifts. RSI sat around 42 in late January 2026, leaving room for a bounce if buying pressure appears. But without a fundamental catalyst, price tends to drift lower between spikes.
What Is Happening with Trump Media (DJT)?
Trump Media & Technology Group, the parent company of Truth Social, has evolved from a pure social media play into something harder to categorize. Over the past year, the company announced a digital token initiative for shareholders, launched Truth.Fi branded investment products, partnered with Crypto.com for token distribution on the Cronos blockchain, and signed a $6 billion merger agreement with fusion energy company TAE Technologies.
The stock tells a simpler story. DJT peaked above $31 in its 52-week range and currently trades near $11.46. Revenue remains below $1 million per quarter. The valuation is almost entirely driven by speculative interest in Trump's brand and the company's pivot into financial products.
The February 2, 2026 record date for DJT's digital token initiative passed recently. Shareholders of at least one whole share became eligible for tokens tied to Truth Social and Truth+ platforms. These tokens are non-transferable and do not represent ownership or profit rights, which limits their immediate financial value but signals the company's direction.
For traders watching DJT, the key question is whether any of these initiatives generate real revenue. The fusion merger, the ETF partnerships, and the token distribution are all speculative bets. The stock acts as a leveraged proxy for Trump-related sentiment, which makes it volatile but difficult to value on fundamentals.
How Is World Liberty Financial (WLFI) Positioned?
World Liberty Financial is the Trump family's DeFi project, co-founded with Steve Witkoff. The WLFI token is a governance token that grants voting rights on protocol proposals. The project also launched USD1, a dollar-pegged stablecoin that has grown into a top-10 stablecoin by market cap.
A major development came in January 2026 when the Wall Street Journal reported that a UAE-backed investment firm acquired a 49% stake in World Liberty Financial for $500 million, four days before Trump's second inauguration. The deal was signed by Eric Trump and raised conflict-of-interest concerns given Witkoff's role as Trump's Middle East envoy.
WLFI traded as high as $0.26 after launch but has settled into a range between $0.10 and $0.16 since late 2025. The token has a fixed supply of 100 billion, with roughly 27 billion in circulation. The Trump family holds 15.75 billion WLFI tokens through affiliated entities, which creates governance concentration questions.
Technical analysts tracking WLFI in January 2026 noted RSI readings near 30, signaling oversold conditions. CoinPedia described the price structure as a symmetrical triangle compression, suggesting a directional move could follow if price breaks above $0.20 with volume. On the downside, a break below $0.10 would signal continued weakness.
What Role Does American Bitcoin (ABTC) Play?
American Bitcoin Corp is the most straightforward of the Trump-linked assets. It is a Bitcoin mining and treasury company co-founded by Eric Trump and Donald Trump Jr., majority-owned by Hut 8 Mining. The company listed on Nasdaq in September 2025, debuting above $13 before pulling back sharply.
As of late January 2026, ABTC held approximately 5,843 BTC, ranking it among the top 20 corporate Bitcoin holders globally. The company achieved a Bitcoin yield of roughly 116% from its Nasdaq debut through January 25, 2026, meaning its BTC holdings per share grew significantly through mining and purchases.
ABTC stock has been volatile. It soared as high as $9.31 in September 2025, dropped below $2 by late December as a post-merger lockup expired, and has been bouncing around the $1.50 to $2.00 range in early 2026. The stock trades as a high-beta proxy for Bitcoin. When BTC rallied above $93,000 in early January, ABTC jumped 14% in a single session.
For traders who want leveraged Bitcoin exposure through equities, ABTC is one option. The risk is that the stock trades at a significant premium to its net asset value (mNAV of 3.25x as of January 2026), meaning you pay $3.25 in stock price for every $1 of Bitcoin the company holds. That premium can compress quickly in a downturn.
How Does Trump's Crypto Policy Affect These Assets?
Trump's administration has been the most crypto-friendly in U.S. history, and that policy environment creates a backdrop for all Trump-linked assets.
Key policy developments through early 2026:
Strategic Bitcoin Reserve: Established by executive order in March 2025, funded with Bitcoin forfeited through criminal and civil proceedings. The U.S. government holds roughly 198,000 BTC.
GENIUS Act: Signed into law in July 2025, creating a federal framework for payment stablecoins. Full implementation rules are expected by mid-2026.
SEC enforcement rollback: The SEC under Paul Atkins dropped or dismissed cases against Coinbase, Kraken, Binance, Justin Sun, and others. The national cryptocurrency enforcement team at the DOJ was disbanded.
Digital Asset Market Clarity Act: Passed the House in July 2025. The Senate is working on its own version, with markup expected in early 2026.
These policies create a generally favorable environment for crypto markets, but they also raise the stakes around Trump's personal financial conflicts. Democratic lawmakers have pushed back, with Senator Elizabeth Warren calling the family's crypto dealings "corruption, plain and simple." If political backlash leads to targeted legislation around politically affiliated tokens, $TRUMP and WLFI could face unique headwinds.
What Are the Key Risks for Trump-Linked Assets?
Trading Trump-linked assets carries risks beyond normal crypto and stock market volatility.
Political risk is the most obvious. These assets are proxies for Trump's political standing. Negative headlines about investigations, policy reversals, or election-cycle dynamics can move prices sharply. The 2028 election cycle will start influencing sentiment as early as late 2026.
Conflict-of-interest scrutiny is intensifying. Congressional attention to Trump family crypto dealings has grown, and bipartisan support for some crypto legislation has fractured partly because of these conflicts. If Congress passes restrictions on politically affiliated tokens, $TRUMP and WLFI take the most direct hit.
Token unlock schedules create persistent dilution risk for $TRUMP. With 800 million tokens still locked and controlled by Trump-affiliated entities, supply increases will continue pressuring the price unless demand scales proportionally.
Fundamental weakness affects DJT more than the others. Trump Media's revenue is negligible relative to its market cap. The company's pivot into fintech, fusion energy, and ETFs remains unproven. Buying DJT at current levels is a bet on narrative, not cash flow.
Bitcoin correlation dominates ABTC. If BTC enters a sustained downtrend, ABTC's premium to NAV will likely compress while the underlying Bitcoin value also drops, creating amplified losses.
How Can You Trade Trump-Linked Crypto on Phemex?
Phemex supports TRUMP/USDT spot trading with professional spot trading, real-time price alerts, and competitive fees.
Step 1: Create your Phemex account and complete verification.
Step 2: Navigate to the TRUMP/USDT trading pair. Add RSI, MACD, and moving average indicators to the chart.
Step 3: Set price alerts for key levels. For $TRUMP, the $3.20 support (near all-time low) and $5.00 resistance zones are worth monitoring.
Step 4: Use limit orders rather than market orders. Memecoin spreads can widen during volatile periods, and limit orders give you better control over entry and exit prices.
Step 5: Size positions conservatively. Trump-linked assets are headline-driven and can gap 10-20% on a single news event. Keep position sizes small relative to your total portfolio.
For broader market context, track BTC/USDT alongside Trump-linked assets. Bitcoin's direction heavily influences $TRUMP, WLFI, and ABTC price action, so strong moves in BTC often signal corresponding moves across the Trump portfolio.
What Additional Phemex Features Support This Trading?
Futures Trading: Phemex supports TRUMP/USDT perpetual contracts for traders who want to profit from both directions. Use futures trading to hedge spot positions during uncertain political news cycles.
Trading Bots: Deploy grid trading bots on volatile pairs like TRUMP/USDT. When price oscillates between support and resistance without a clear trend, grid bots capture small profits on each cycle automatically.
Phemex Earn: Park stablecoins in Flexible Savings while waiting for optimal entries. USDT earns up to 5% APR with daily payouts and no lock-up, so your capital works even when you are not in a position.
Copy Trading: Follow traders who specialize in memecoin and political-narrative plays. Review their win rates, drawdowns, and strategy descriptions before allocating capital.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is $TRUMP a good investment in 2026?
$TRUMP is a speculative, sentiment-driven asset. It has dropped over 95% from its all-time high. Analysts project a trading range between $3 and $11 for 2026, depending on political momentum and memecoin market conditions. Treat it as a short-term trading instrument, not a long-term hold.
What drives DJT stock price?
Trump-related headlines, corporate announcements, and speculative momentum. Fundamentals are weak. Revenue is minimal and the valuation is almost entirely narrative-driven. The stock trades more like a memecoin than a traditional equity.
Are Trump-linked crypto assets correlated with Bitcoin?
ABTC has the strongest Bitcoin correlation since it holds BTC directly. $TRUMP correlates with broader memecoin and altcoin sentiment, which tends to follow BTC directionally but with amplified moves. WLFI behaves more independently, driven by project-specific news.
Can I trade $TRUMP on Phemex?
Yes. Phemex lists TRUMP/USDT for both spot and contract trading. You can trade with professional charting tools, set custom alerts, and use advanced order types including limit, conditional, and basket orders.
Bottom Line
Trump-linked assets are a unique category in 2026. They blend political narrative, speculative crypto dynamics, and real business ventures into a set of tradable instruments that do not behave like anything else in the market. $TRUMP is a fading memecoin that can spike on headlines. DJT is a speculative equity with minimal revenue. WLFI is a governance token backed by controversial institutional deals. ABTC is a leveraged Bitcoin play with Trump branding.
None of these are set-and-forget positions. All of them require active management, tight risk controls, and awareness of the political calendar. If you trade them, size small, watch the macro, and never assume yesterday's catalyst applies tomorrow.
Phemex gives you the tools to trade TRUMP/USDT with professional charting, automated bots, and flexible risk management. Start with limit orders, set your alerts, and let the headlines come to you.
This article is for educational purposes only and does not constitute financial or investment advice. Trump-linked assets carry elevated political, regulatory, and speculative risk. Always conduct your own research before making investment decisions. Never trade with capital you cannot afford to lose.
