Trump earned $1.2bn from cryptocurrency ventures in 2025 – Report

Donald Trump generated about $1.2 billion from cryptocurrency-related ventures in 2025, according to financial disclosure documents released on Tuesday by the United States Office of Government Ethics.

Under a 1978 federal law, the president and vice president of the United States are required to publicly declare their income, assets and financial interests.

The disclosure filings, which span more than 900 pages, revealed that Trump earned nearly $550 million through his association with the cryptocurrency startup World Liberty Financial.

The Trump family had backed the digital asset platform and allowed the use of its name ahead of the company’s launch in September 2024.

World Liberty Financial later introduced its own cryptocurrency, WLFI, with the initial token sale reportedly generating about $550 million.

According to the filings, Trump and his three sons also acquired, through an intermediary company known as DT Marks Defi, an additional 22.5 billion WLFI tokens currently estimated to be worth around $1.3 billion.

In April 2025, the company launched a stablecoin, a form of digital currency tied to the value of a traditional currency, in this case the U.S. dollar.

The disclosure further showed that Trump received approximately $635 million in royalties linked to a licensing agreement involving the $TRUMP cryptocurrency, which was introduced only hours before his inauguration in January 2025.

According to Forbes, Trump’s growing involvement in cryptocurrency significantly boosted his wealth, with his net worth reportedly rising from $2.3 billion in 2024 to $6.5 billion in 2026.

The former real estate businessman has repeatedly faced criticism and allegations of potential conflicts of interest over his investments in the crypto industry while serving as president and implementing policies viewed as favourable to deregulation within the sector.

Analysts say those policies contributed to surging cryptocurrency asset prices.

Apart from earnings connected to World Liberty Financial and its digital assets, Trump also reportedly earned millions of dollars from investments in publicly traded crypto-related firms, including the exchange platform Coinbase.

The filings stated that Trump’s assets are currently held in a trust overseen by his son, Donald Trump Jr..

However, the trust arrangement reportedly allows for its dissolution at any time, meaning Trump could regain direct control of the assets after leaving office.