Coffeezilla’s latest investigation, conducted with researcher Molly White, examines how Trump family cryptocurrency ventures attracted hundreds of millions of dollars from investors while the administration oversees the industry. The report also revisits how Donald Trump’s Truth Social posts repeatedly moved Bitcoin, stocks and oil in 2025 and 2026.
In February 2025, Trump’s tariff announcement sent Bitcoin below $100,000 to roughly $91,442. A January 2026 Greenland tariff threat again coincided with declines in stocks and Bitcoin. The report notes that while such posts still trigger immediate volatility, traders are increasingly waiting for concrete developments before lasting price moves take hold.
Among the most significant findings: four days before Trump’s January 2025 inauguration, an investment vehicle linked to UAE national security adviser Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed Al Nahyan agreed to acquire a 49% stake in World Liberty Financial for $500 million. The Wall Street Journal investigation examined in Coffeezilla’s video found the transaction had remained private despite involving a foreign government official and a business connected to the incoming president.
Abu Dhabi’s MGX, chaired by Tahnoon, later used World Liberty Financial’s USD1 stablecoin for its $2 billion investment in Binance. At the time USD1 was new, and the arrangement gave World Liberty Financial substantial circulating supply and potential reserve income. Kessler explained that maintaining billions in USD1 circulation could generate substantial earnings over years. World Liberty rejected suggestions of political favoritism, saying MGX selected USD1 on its merits and that the company had no influence over government policy.
The investigation also details how Tron founder Justin Sun invested $75 million in World Liberty Financial while facing an SEC civil fraud case, later becoming an adviser before the relationship deteriorated into a public dispute over WLFI token governance. The SEC later resolved its case involving Sun, and the Trump administration separately granted a pardon to Binance founder Changpeng Zhao. Binance also supported USD1 through listings and promotions, with some campaigns offering yields of 20% for holding the token.
On the memecoin side, Coffeezilla cited approximately $600 million generated through the TRUMP token and another $6 million associated with Melania Trump’s crypto and NFT ventures. White said TRUMP and MELANIA had lost about 95% and 99% of their respective peak values, leaving many investors with large losses. The investigation also covers Eric Trump and Donald Trump Jr.’s involvement in American Bitcoin, a mining and treasury company established with Hut 8, Trump Media & Technology Group’s Bitcoin treasury plans, and its Crypto.com partnership after the SEC closed its investigation into the exchange.
The report further examines Donald Trump Jr.’s advisory roles with prediction market operators Kalshi and Polymarket, and ProPublica reporting on 1789 Capital-backed Vulcan Elements securing federal support. Coffeezilla said he contacted Trump, Melania Trump, Eric Trump and Donald Trump Jr. for comment before publication but received no responses.
