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Trump Media $DJT reported a $405.9 million net loss for Q1 2026, with roughly $370 million of that coming from unrealized losses on digital asset and equity holdings. The operating business itself generated $17.9 million in positive operating cash flow, and the balance sheet still carries $2.1 billion in financial assets, triple the year-ago figure. So the headline loss is almost entirely a mark-to-market event, not an operating deterioration.
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The bitcoin position is the story. The company holds over 9,500 BTC, purchased last July at an average cost of $108,519. They trimmed 2,000 coins in late February at sub-$70,000, locking in a realized loss on that tranche. Bitcoin is currently around $80,000, off from the October peak near $126,000 and the February low near $60,000. At spot, the remaining position is meaningfully underwater versus cost basis.
A few things worth keeping in mind. The treasury company playbook, buying bitcoin with corporate cash or capital raised against it, only works cleanly when the coin is trending up. When it isn't, GAAP forces the unrealized losses through the P&L and the equity narrative gets harder to defend. DJT bought near a cycle high and sold a slug into weakness, which is the worst sequencing for this kind of strategy.
The equity reflects it. DJT is at $8.93, down more than 90% from its early 2022 high of $97.54. Devin Nunes stepped down as CEO on April 22.
