What $1,000 investment into Trump's crypto coin is worth now after mammoth collapse
The stock market has taken a recent hammering, and while it would be unfair to put all of that blame on Donald Trump's shoulders, critics have pointed to the President of the United States' tech push as a reason things have potentially been overinflated and then come crashing down.
Despite being the oldest person elected as president, Donald Trump has continued to champion his tech-savvy credentials with multi-billion-dollar AI deals and a vow to build big in America. While the POTUS has come under fire amid accusations that he's forcing data centers upon us, tech giants like Nvidia have boomed under his second term. Even though the AI bubble hasn't exactly popped, it was notably deflated in the aftermath of the Republican Party's crushing 2026 midterms defeat, with some $3 trillion being wiped out overnight.
Although we've seen some stocks bounce back pretty quickly, Donald Trump's own cryptocurrency hasn't celebrated the same rebound.
What's going on with Donald Trump's $TRUMP meme coin?
The $TRUMP meme coin was officially launched just days before Donald Trump's second inauguration, quickly soaring and supposedly creating more than 500 millionaires overnight. $TRUMP has been the subject of much debate and is also subject to a Senate Subcommittee investigation that looks at a potential conflict of interest involving a sitting president.
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Disclosures reveal that Donald Trump made more than $636 million from licensing and trading fees associated with $TRUMP, while nearly one million retail buyers have been forced to absorb an estimated $3.8 billion in collective losses.
There was similar backlash to his wife's $MELANIA meme coin.
We're also a long way from $TRUMP's January 19 peak, where it reached $74.43 and had a market cap that briefly cleared $15 billion. After cheering a 6,000% boom, $TRUMP crashed by 50% to around $30 by the end of Inauguration Day as crypto 'whales' dumped their holdings.
Within the first 48 hours of $TRUMP going live, it's said a circle of 21 whales landed $214 million in realized profit. Despite this, $TRUMP has been on something of a roller coaster, like when May 2025's Mar-a-Lago 'Crypto Gala' briefly pushed it back up to $15.59.
July 2026's financial disclosure release pulled it down to the $2.00 to $2.50 range, whereas November 5 saw $TRUMP plummet to an all-time low of $1.12. Although $TRUMP has climbed slightly to $1.13, it's still a whopping 98% collapse from its peak.
What would a $1,000 $TRUMP meme coin investment be worth today?
You'll know all about how some have struck it rich with impressive investments like Ron Gronkowski's Apple punt paying off big time, but like how a $1,000 Nvidia investment has felt a pinch recently, those who put their money in the $TRUMP meme coin are likely kicking themselves.
Using CoinGecko's current $1.13 price, a $1,000 $TRUMP investment at its January 19 peak would now be worth just $15.39 (at the time of writing). There have been a series of record lows throughout November 2026, but with a current 98.46% drop, a $1,000 investment in the POTUS' meme coin wasn't exactly a shrewd one.
Still, with a current market cap of $321.496 million, it's clear there are still plenty of people holding on and hoping for $TRUMP to turn things around.
It could always be worse, and after $MELANIA hit a January 19 high of $13.05, it's hemorrhaged 99.5% of its value to be worth as little as $0.044.
