On April 3, 2025, when the S&P 500 plummeted by 4.85%, data from the Chicago Mercantile Exchange revealed:
1. The Trump family fund holds $38 billion worth of Nasdaq put options.
This indicates that the Trump family’s fund made a massive bet on the market falling, specifically through holding a large amount of put options on the Nasdaq. Put options are financial instruments that allow investors to profit when the market declines, suggesting they anticipated a significant drop in the Nasdaq index.
2. Affinity Fund, controlled by son-in-law Jared Kushner, shorted Apple and Tesla, earning $5.7 billion.
Jared Kushner’s fund, Affinity, made a profit of $5.7 billion by shorting major tech stocks like Apple and Tesla. This shows their strong expectation that these stocks would decline in value and successfully profited from that prediction.
3. The short-selling profits were transferred via a BVI SPV to the Dubai Digital Gold Exchange.
The profits from short-selling were routed through a Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) in the British Virgin Islands (BVI) and transferred to a digital gold exchange in Dubai. This suggests that the profits were moved through a complex financial structure, possibly taking advantage of favorable tax regimes or financial regulations in those jurisdictions.
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