Donald Trump breaks silence on $1B crypto earnings
President Donald Trump made more money from crypto last year than from the towers, hotels, and golf courses that built his name. His 2025 financial disclosure, released by the U.S. Office of
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July 4, 2026
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President Donald Trump made more money from crypto last year than from the towers, hotels, and golf courses that built his name.
His 2025 financial disclosure, released by the U.S. Office of Government Ethics this week, puts his total crypto-related income at more than $1.4 billion.
Speaking to CNBC at the White House, he was asked about it directly. "Cryptocurrency is a big deal. There's nothing illegal. There's nothing wrong with it," Trump said. "I was here before. I was there before I was in office," he added.
Where the money came from
The 927-page disclosure breaks it down. Roughly $636 million came from royalties tied to the Official TRUMP meme coin, launched on the Solana blockchain two days before his second inauguration.
Around $594 million flowed from World Liberty Financial, the DeFi venture he co-founded with sons Eric and Donald Jr. A further $197 million came from an equity sale linked to a stablecoin venture.
Trump told CNBC he was not personally managing any of it. "My son Eric handles it. I don't talk to him about things such as this. I think I'd be allowed to. I'm not sure even what the status is. But I don't. And he gives it into these, like, semi-blind trusts or blind trusts," he said.
The conflict of interest question
Not everyone is accepting the "nothing wrong" framing at face value. Former Trump White House lawyer Ty Cobb told CNN he did not believe the arrangements were consistent with the Constitution's Emoluments Clause.
Peter Schiff went further, arguing the people buying Trump-branded tokens were not making conventional investments, they were paying for access. "It's really a way to bribe the president," he said.
Meanwhile, the investors who bought the TRUMP meme coin at launch have watched it fall 97 percent from its peak. Trump's disclosure does not mention them.
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