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International Business Times UK
International Business Times UK
Christian Nogot Puno

Trump Voters Who Poured Life Savings Into His Crypto and Stock Are Watching It Collapse While He Gets Richer

Trump's family can claim 75% of token sales at crypto firm World Liberty and has made more than $1.4B. (Credit: Wikimedia Commons)

Vadim Fistikan voted for Donald Trump three times, and nearly all the money he put into the president's media company is gone. A truck driver in Washington State, he had saved more than $100,000 for a house in Florida. He invested $205,000, and his stake is now worth about $30,000.

Fistikan is not alone. More than a million people lost money on Trump's four main crypto and stock ventures, many of whom also voted for him. Their losses totaled about $2.3 billion (£1.7 billion). The family made at least that much from the same four ventures, a Reuters investigation found in June.

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