Trump Earns More Than $1 Billion From Crypto

Donald Trump and his family have expanded into digital assets since 2022 through NFT trading cards, meme coins and governance tokens tied to decentralized-finance ventures. Public Citizen, a nonprofit consumer advocacy group, says the projects transferred wealth to issuers and a small group of early buyers while exposing retail investors to sharp price declines, intensifying scrutiny of potential conflicts between Trump’s political influence and his family’s crypto interests.

Investors are at least $4.7 billion underwater across the Trump-linked ventures launched since 2022, according to Public Citizen’s latest report, while Trump and his family made an estimated $1.4 billion. The TRUMP meme coin accounted for the largest share, with about $3.2 billion in investor losses and much of the proceeds flowing to a limited number of early buyers. Other losses were linked to NFT trading cards and governance tokens, the group said.

U.S. President Donald Trump recently reported earning as much as $1.4 billion from cryptocurrency in 2025. His extensive digital-asset holdings have raised conflict-of-interest concerns as the U.S. Senate prepares to vote on a key crypto bill. The legislation would reshape the U.S. regulatory framework for digital assets, putting the president's financial transparency and its implications for national policy under scrutiny.

U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren recently wrote to Trump asking him to voluntarily disclose his cryptocurrency earnings for the first half of 2026. Citing his previously reported profit of as much as $1.4 billion in 2025, Warren said he must release his latest financial information ahead of the vote to guard against potential conflicts of interest arising from the crypto bill. The request is intended to protect the integrity of the vote and provide the public with an accounting of his financial interests.

Former U.S. President Donald Trump’s stance on digital assets has long drawn scrutiny because of his prominence in politics and finance. Since 2024, he has actively promoted his family’s cryptocurrency ventures, tying his personal wealth more closely to emerging technology. The push has not only changed the Republican Party’s policy stance on cryptocurrencies but also intensified global investor interest in the movement of his vast holdings, making them an important gauge of the ties between the crypto market and political and business interests.

According to financial disclosure documents newly released in 2026 by the U.S. Office of Government Ethics, Trump earned more than $1.4 billion, or about NT$45 billion, from his family’s cryptocurrency ventures in 2025. Although he still holds substantial amounts of Bitcoin and Ether, his asset managers have moved most of the crypto proceeds into the safer traditional stock and bond markets.

Trump launched his official TRUMP memecoin on January 17, 2025, three days before his second inauguration. Such tokens have little practical utility and rely heavily on celebrity exposure for their value. A sitting US president issuing one under his personal brand has also raised concerns over investment risks, conflicts of interest and the disparity in returns between retail investors and large early holders.

A recent report from blockchain analytics firm Nansen showed that, as of the end of June 2026, 988,905 of roughly 1.48 million buyer wallets — about two-thirds — were in the red, with combined losses of $3.81 billion. Fewer than 500,000 profitable holders earned a combined $4 billion, highlighting a divide in which a small group of early buyers reaped outsized gains while most retail investors absorbed losses as the token’s price fell.