Trump Media Posts $409.7 Million Profit on Digital Asset Gains

Trump Media & Technology (DJT ) Group reported $409.7 million of net income for the third quarter of 2026 in its November 9, 2026 results announcement, reversing a $54.8 million loss a year earlier as digital-asset and equity-securities gains drove the result. Revenue rose 205% to $3.0 million, but TMTG still recorded a $12.3 million Adjusted EBITDA loss, a company-defined measure intended to show earnings from operations.

Digital Asset Gains Drive the Profit Swing

The quarterly filing shows a $378.1 million gain on digital assets and pledged digital assets, compared with a $16.2 million loss a year earlier. The gain included $200.8 million of unrealized gains on pledged assets, $107.5 million of unrealized gains on other digital assets and $69.9 million from derecognition of digital assets.

Investment income added $60.0 million. It included $98.3 million of unrealized equity-securities gains and $19.7 million of realized equity gains, partly offset by $54.0 million of realized and unrealized derivative losses. Management attributed the increase primarily to higher prices for bitcoin-related securities. These market-related items explain the gap between the headline profit and the much smaller operating business.

Revenue Diversifies as Legal Costs Fall

Within revenue, subscriptions generated $1.38 million and advertising $1.42 million, while Truth.Fi contributed $164,000 of management fees. Management attributed a $1.30 million year-over-year subscription increase to Truth API and Truth+. Truth API launched on August 1, 2026 as a business-to-business subscription feed providing licensed, low-latency access to publicly available posts from certain top Truth Social accounts.

Truth API also faces a legal challenge. The San Francisco City Attorney filed suit against TMTG on September 21, 2026, alleging violations of California’s Unfair Competition Law in connection with the product’s operation. The complaint seeks an injunction halting the challenged operation, civil penalties and costs. TMTG disputes the allegations and intends to defend the action vigorously.

Legal fees fell to $2.37 million from $20.33 million following recently concluded legacy matters, while the Adjusted EBITDA loss narrowed from $29.1 million a year earlier. Operating activities nevertheless used $28.4 million of cash in the first nine months of 2026. The company attributed that cash use primarily to legal expenses tied to the concluded legacy matters.

Bitcoin Collateral and Pending Corporate Milestones

At September 30, 2026, TMTG reported $2.48 billion of total assets, with digital assets, pledged digital assets and equity securities representing 68.3%. The digital-assets category contained 4,263.94 bitcoin valued at $356.3 million and $50.3 million of Cronos (CRO ). Another 11,385.20 bitcoin, valued at $951.4 million, was pledged for the options strategy, whose counterparty may rehypothecate the collateral.

A potential near-term cash requirement comes from TMTG’s $1.0 billion of 0.00% convertible senior secured notes due May 29, 2028: holders can require a cash repurchase on November 30, 2026 at 100% of principal plus accrued and unpaid interest. The notes are secured by bitcoin, bitcoin-related equity securities and restricted cash. Management said current cash and liquidity sources should fund operations for at least 12 months, while identifying refinancing or asset monetization among possible responses and cautioning that additional financing may not be available on acceptable terms.

The merger proxy schedules a December 14, 2026 vote for TMTG shareholders of record as of November 2, 2026 on the proposed all-stock TAE Technologies merger. Based on October 30, 2026 share counts, it estimates approximately 292.8 million new TMTG shares would be issued to TAE stockholders. Existing TMTG and TAE holders would each own 49.5% of the combined company on a fully diluted basis, assuming no note conversions, with Yorkville Ives compensation shares accounting for the remaining 1.01%. Completion remains subject to approval by both companies’ investors, regulatory approvals and other closing conditions.

The quarter pairs a valuation-driven profit with an operating business still producing an adjusted loss. The key questions are whether subscription and advertising growth translates into stronger cash generation and how TMTG funds any November 30 note repurchases while pursuing the TAE merger.

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