If you invested $1,000 in gold, Bitcoin and $TRUMP on Inauguration Day, here is what each is worth today

Pick any investor who watched Donald Trump walk back into the White House on January 20, 2025 and decided to put money into the three most talked-about assets surrounding that moment.

Bitcoin, the asset Trump had openly embraced. Gold, the safe haven that has anchored portfolios for centuries. And the TRUMP memecoin, the token bearing the president's name that had launched three days earlier and was already being called the trade of the inauguration.

Here is what $1,000 in each one looks like today, August 4, 2026.

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Bitcoin opened inauguration day at approximately $102,000. A $1,000 investment bought roughly 0.0098 BTC. Today, with Bitcoin trading near $62,000, that position is worth approximately $607, a loss of 40%.

The irony is hard to miss. Trump entered office as the most openly crypto-friendly president in American history. He signed the GENIUS Act. He signed an Executive Order to establish a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve.

He called the U.S. the crypto capital of the world. And Bitcoin still lost 40% of its value on his watch.

What makes the Bitcoin loss particularly striking is the context surrounding it. This was not a hostile administration. Trump's team established the first ever Strategic Bitcoin Reserve in March 2025, halting all government Bitcoin sales and signaling long-term institutional commitment at the sovereign level.