Here's your Forbes Daily Briefing for Wednesday, September 10th.

Today on Forbes, presidency boosts Trump's net worth by $3 billion in a year.

Donald Trump just had the most lucrative year of his life.

The president is now worth a record $7.3 billion, up from $4.3 billion in 2024, when he was still running for office.

The $3 billion gain vaulted him 118 spots on the Forbes 400, where he lands at number 201 this year.

The 2025 Forbes 400 list was released yesterday.

No president in U.S. history has used his position of power to profit as immensely as Trump.

His primary vehicle for enrichment, cryptocurrency, an asset class full of hype and vulnerable to regulators.

Teaming up with his three sons, Trump announced a crypto venture in September 2024 named

World Liberty Financial, which initially struggled to gain traction.

Then he won the White House.

Crypto entrepreneur Justin Sun, whom the Securities and Exchange Commission had accused

of fraud, invested $75 million, routing an estimated $40 million to the President-elect,

and millions more to his family members, kick-starting a bonanza that has since snowballed.

In January, days before reentering the White House, Trump launched a meme coin, adding hundreds

of millions to his pile of cash.

In office, Trump rolled back regulatory enforcement of crypto and signed legislation favorable

to the industry, ensuring he would personally benefit from conflicts of interest.

His meme coins, initially tied up for three months, now

unlock daily, freeing tens of millions per week. World Liberty Financial, meanwhile, has continued

selling tokens, including to opaque buyers, generating an estimated $1.4 billion so far.

A Trump family entity receives a roughly 75% cut of those sales,

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