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President Trump generated $1 billion from cryptocurrency ventures that simultaneously produced losses for a large share of retail investors who participated.
The disparity, according to a published analysis, was no surprise — the structure of the deals made the outcome predictable from the start.
Asymmetric Returns at the Core Trump's cryptocurrency arrangements delivered outsized gains to the president while those further down the chain absorbed the downside.
The analysis argues that investors who bought into Trump-branded crypto offerings and now complain about losses overlooked how the economics were arranged from the outset — with the originator holding a structurally advantaged position relative to buyers.
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