Trump reports over $1.4bn in income from crypto ventures
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US President Donald Trump reported more than $1.4 billion in income from his family’s crypto ventures last year, showing how Trump now derives most of his income from digital assets that have benefitted from his policies, according to a review of his latest financial disclosures on Tuesday. The filings, his annual disclosure for 2025 with the US Office of Government Ethics, disclosed that his companies received almost $800 million from World Liberty Financial, a crypto venture he and his sons co-founded. That income, which the president splits with family members, included more than $520m from sales of crypto tokens and more than $250m from the sale of interests in the World Liberty business. Trump reported another $635m from the sale of his Trump meme coins. The news underlines how crypto has transformed the president’s fortunes. In his disclosure a year ago, for example, the president reported $57.35m from token sales at World Liberty, which then leaped nine-fold in this year’s filing. Reuters recently estimated the Trump family has made at least $2.3bn from crypto-related projects since Trump returned to the White House in 2025. On taking office, Trump began to put in place policies and initiatives that the industry saw as beneficial, from implementing federal rules for stable coins to dialling back policing of the industry by the US Justice Department and the Securities and Exchange Commission. For 2025, the president also reported over $80m in income from settlements with various media companies and $52m in income from his company licensing his name to overseas property developers, driven principally by deals with Middle Eastern partners. White House spokesperson Anna Kelly said in a statement, “Neither the president nor his family has ever engaged or will ever engage in conflicts of interest.” Trump proudly made the United States the crypto capital of the world through executive actions. Kelly added: “All actions by President Trump and his administration are t