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Trump pocketed more than $1 billion from crypto ties as industry headed toward slump
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President Donald Trump earned more than $1 billion from crypto sales and royalties last year while living in the White House and pursuing aggressively pro-crypto policies in his administration.
Key facts
- Vice President James David Vance disclosed holding somewhere between $100,000 and $500,000 worth of Bitcoin through a Coinbase account in his own annual disclosure
- UPDATE (June 30, 2026, 23:12 UTC): Adds more detail, corrects dollar amount in the stablecoin transaction
- UPDATE (June 30, 2026, 22:56 UTC): Adds additional information
- Trump's annual disclosure for 2025, released Tuesday by the Office of Government Ethics, revealed he made $635 million in royalties from his memecoin business, which began hawking his self-named coin
Summary
Even as the president increased his fortune from sometimes contentious crypto industry ties, the rest of the sector headed into a rough patch in which assets have plummeted in price and businesses struggle. Trump's annual disclosure for 2025, released Tuesday by the Office of Government Ethics, revealed he made $635 million in royalties from his memecoin business, which began hawking his self-named coin on the eve of his return to the presidency.
The president also disclosed several other crypto crypto holdings through CIC Digital LLC, a Trump Organization affiliated entity that is one of the two main owners of the president's memecoin business, including:.