The parent company of Truth Social, U.S. President Donald Trump’s social media platform, reported a net loss on Friday of more than US$400 million in the first quarter -- mostly from tumbling cryptocurrency valuations.
A Trump company losing lots of money makes a good headline, but this is mostly because crypto is down, not because they’re spending more than they’re making:
TMTG is also active in financial services, and the company announced US$2.5 billion in funding a year ago to invest in cryptocurrencies, one of Trump’s recent passions.
But the plunge in digital currencies hit this part of the business hard as the price of Bitcoin tumbled from over US$126,000 in early October to below US$70,000 in March.
It has since rebounded somewhat to over US$80,000.
Because the company is required to reveal the value of its investments, even if it hasn’t sold them, it recorded a loss of US$406 million for the first quarter.
“The vast bulk” of the loss was due to digital assets, the company stated.
A Trump company losing lots of money makes a good headline, but this is mostly because crypto is down, not because they’re spending more than they’re making: