By Ghazali Ibrahim
United States President Donald Trump earned more than $1 billion from cryptocurrency-related ventures in 2025, according to financial disclosure documents released by the US Office of Government Ethics.
The more than 900-page filing, made public on Tuesday, provides details of the president’s income and assets as required under a 1978 law mandating financial disclosures by the US president and vice president.
According to the documents, Trump received nearly $550 million from his association with World Liberty Financial, a cryptocurrency startup launched in September 2024 and backed by the Trump family.
World Liberty Financial issued its own digital token, WLFI, with its initial sale reportedly generating $550 million. The filing also disclosed that Trump and his three sons acquired an additional 22.5 billion WLFI tokens through an intermediary company, DT Marks DeFi. The holdings are currently estimated to be worth about $1.3 billion.
In April 2025, the company launched a stablecoin pegged to the US dollar, further expanding its presence in the digital asset market.
The disclosure also revealed that Trump received $635 million in royalties under a licensing agreement tied to the $TRUMP cryptocurrency, which was launched just hours before his inauguration in January 2025.
According to Forbes, the president’s growing involvement in the cryptocurrency industry has nearly tripled his personal fortune, increasing his net worth from $2.3 billion in 2024 to $6.5 billion in 2026.
Trump has, however, faced criticism over potential conflicts of interest, with opponents accusing him of benefiting from policies that loosened regulations on the cryptocurrency sector while maintaining significant investments in the industry.
Beyond World Liberty Financial and the $TRUMP token, the president also reportedly earned millions of dollars from stakes in publicly traded cryptocurrency companies, including exchange platform Coinbase.
The filing noted that Trump’s assets are held in a trust managed by his son, Donald Trump Jr.
However, the trust’s bylaws allow it to be dissolved at any time, potentially enabling the president to regain direct control of the assets after his second term in office.
