{"id":4901,"date":"2026-07-01T18:35:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-01T18:35:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usglobalnews.com\/2026\/07\/01\/trump-discloses-1-4-billion-crypto-profits\/"},"modified":"2026-07-01T18:35:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T18:35:09","slug":"trump-discloses-1-4-billion-crypto-profits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.usglobalnews.com\/?p=4901","title":{"rendered":"Trump discloses $1.4 billion crypto profits"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The US president reported $635 million tied to his meme coin alone, which has since lost more than 95% of its peak value<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><\/strong>US President Donald Trump reported more than $1.4 billion in income from cryptocurrency ventures last year, according to his latest annual financial disclosure, which shows the scale of his family\u2019s move into digital assets since his return to the White House.<\/p>\n<p>The 927-page <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oge.gov\/web\/oge.nsf\/News+Releases\/B8B9EA45F5EB86EC85258E2600701B77?opendocument\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">filing<\/a>, released on Tuesday by the US Office of Government Ethics, shows that Trump\u2019s crypto-related earnings far outpaced much of his traditional real estate and resort income.<\/p>\n<p>The largest single item was $635 million in royalties linked to a licensing agreement with Celebration Coins. The $TRUMP meme token was launched shortly before his inauguration in January 2025 and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rt.com\/business\/611161-trump-coin-takes-market-by-storm\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">briefly surged<\/a> to a multibillion-dollar market value before collapsing. It is now down by more than 95% from its peak, leaving many late investors with steep losses even as Trump reported hundreds of millions of dollars in related income.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n        <span><strong>Read more<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<figure>\n            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mf.b37mrtl.ru\/files\/2026.02\/thumbnail\/698500fc203027284a5bdee0.jpg\" alt=\"FILE PHOTO.\"><figcaption><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rt.com\/business\/632078-bitcoin-trump-gains-gone\/\">Bitcoin Trump-era gains wiped out<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Trump also reported more than $525\u00a0million from World Liberty Financial, a crypto venture co-founded by his sons and business associates, including envoy Steve Witkoff. The filing also listed another $65 million from an equity sale, and nearly $197 million in net proceeds from a stablecoin transaction.<\/p>\n<p>The president also reported holding <em>\u201cmore than $50 million\u201d<\/em> in bitcoin and <em>\u201cbetween $5 million and $25 million\u201d<\/em> in ethereum, but the disclosure gives only a partial view of Trump\u2019s wealth. US ethics rules allow officials to report asset values in broad ranges, with the highest category listed only as \u2018over $50 million\u2019, making it impossible to calculate the full value of his holdings.<\/p>\n<p>The crypto haul nevertheless appears to have become the dominant source of Trump\u2019s income. By comparison, he reported $121 million from Trump National Doral, up from $110 million a year earlier, and $77 million from Mar-a-Lago, up from $56 million.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n        <span><strong>Read more<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<figure>\n            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mf.b37mrtl.ru\/files\/2025.03\/thumbnail\/67eab65885f54021be7d1765.jpg\" alt=\"FILE PHOTO\"><figcaption><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rt.com\/business\/615013-trump-crypto-mining-stake\/\">Trump sons join new crypto venture \u2013 WSJ<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Trump also disclosed more than $86 million in legal settlements from several major companies, including Twitter\/X, ABC, CBS, YouTube and Meta. The filing also listed a wide range of licensing and branding income, including deals tied to watches, sneakers, fragrances, books, and other Trump-branded products.<\/p>\n<p>The White House rejected conflict-of-interest concerns, with spokeswoman Anna Kelly saying Trump <em>\u201cproudly made the United States the crypto capital of the world\u201d<\/em> through executive actions and legislation supporting the industry. She insisted that neither Trump nor his family have engaged in conflicts of interest, calling the claims a <em>\u201ctired, false narrative.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n        <span><strong>Read more<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<figure>\n            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mf.b37mrtl.ru\/files\/2025.01\/thumbnail\/678d847a85f54055c62037dd.png\" alt=\"RT\"><figcaption><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rt.com\/news\/611263-melania-trump-meme-coin\/\">Trump meme coin crashes after Melania launches her own<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Critics argue that Trump\u2019s crypto ventures create unprecedented ethical concerns, as his administration has pushed policies favorable to an industry from which his family has derived enormous income. The president did not divest from his businesses or place his assets into a blind trust before returning to office.<\/p>\n<p>The filing also shows that First Lady Melania Trump earned millions from licensing agreements, including more than $10 million tied to her self-titled documentary and more than $6 million from NFT and collectible sales.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The US president reported $635 million tied to his meme coin alone, which has since lost more than<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":4902,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4901","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.usglobalnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4901","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.usglobalnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.usglobalnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.usglobalnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4901"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.usglobalnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4901\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.usglobalnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4902"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.usglobalnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4901"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.usglobalnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4901"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.usglobalnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4901"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}