Trump made more than $1bn from crypto in first year back in office
US President Donald Trump earned more than $1bn (£750m) from business deals in cryptocurrency last year, according to his mandatory 2025 financial report.
In its 927-page statement, it reported that $635 million in royalties had been obtained from the Trump meme coin, which has fallen in value since its launch three days before he took office.
He also reported over $500 million in revenue from World Liberty Financial, a cryptocurrency company founded by his own sons and the children of his special envoy, Steve Witkoff.
He made millions more from real estate and Trump-themed items. But the White House denied he profited from his presidency.
His latest financial disclosure represents a significant increase in money-making compared to 2024, when Trump posted revenue of over $600 million.
But the White House, which has repeatedly emphasized that Trump has transferred his business to a trust managed by his sons, has once again denied any conflict of interest.
White House deputy press secretary Anna Kelly said the president proudly made the United States the “crypto capital of the world.”
“Neither the President nor his family have ever had, or will ever have, a conflict of interest,” he said in a statement.
He added: “All actions by President Trump and his administration are undertaken in the best interest of the American people – and so-called ‘reporters’ who press otherwise are rehashing the same, tired, false narrative that Democrats and the legacy media have been pushing for a decade.”
Trump was once critical of cryptocurrency, calling Bitcoin a “scam” and a “disaster waiting to happen.”
But Tuesday’s announcement shows that his crypto earnings have dwarfed the income from the real estate business that first catapulted him to fame.
He earned approximately $77 million from his Mar-a-Lago club and $122 million from his golf club in Doral, Florida.
He also earned more than $30 million from golf clubs in Bedminster, New Jersey, Jupiter, Florida and Turnberry, Scotland.
Trump also earned millions from other business ventures, according to the financial disclosure.
These include $4.7 million in royalties from Trump-branded watches, as well as Trump-branded Bibles, sneakers, perfumes and guitars.
In the statement, First Lady Melania Trump also listed her income for 2025. He earned $10.7 million from the “licensing agreement” for the documentary about him that was released last year.
It is stated that an income of $ 6 million will be generated from the sale of NFTs, which are digital images sold online.
The president also listed multimillion-dollar settlements resulting from various legal actions.
These include $16 million from the lawsuit against ABC, $16 million from CBS Broadcasting and CBS Interactive, $24.5 million from Meta, $22 million from YouTube, and $8 million from X.
But the White House said most of that money went to Trump’s future presidential library or to a nonprofit organization dedicated to maintaining parks in the Washington, D.C. area.
