{"id":432727,"date":"2026-07-01T10:14:50","date_gmt":"2026-07-01T04:44:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/trumps-crypto-income-beats-real-estate-in-2025-crypto-news\/"},"modified":"2026-07-01T10:30:20","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T05:00:20","slug":"trumps-crypto-income-beats-real-estate-in-2025-crypto-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/trumps-crypto-income-beats-real-estate-in-2025-crypto-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump\u2019s Crypto Income Beats Real Estate in 2025 &#8211; Crypto News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"post__body\">\n<p>US President Donald Trump\u2019s cryptocurrency ventures generated more income for him in 2025 than his real estate and resort businesses, according to his latest financial disclosures.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Donald Trump\u2019s annual financial disclosure report was <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.oge.gov\/web\/oge.nsf\/News+Releases\/B8B9EA45F5EB86EC85258E2600701B77?opendocument\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">released<\/a> by the US Office of Government Ethics on Tuesday, revealing more than $1.4 billion in income from crypto-related ventures last year.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The filings show Trump has profited substantially from an industry that he\u2019s simultaneously regulating, which critics say creates a conflict of interest. In 2025, his administration pushed pro-crypto policy, a friendlier regulatory environment and executive orders favorable to digital assets, while his family\u2019s ventures generated vast income as crypto markets surged to an all-time high.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/cvgmv98ez3zo\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">statement<\/a> to the media, White House Deputy Press Secretary Anna Kelly said Trump had \u201cproudly made the United States the crypto capital of the world.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Neither the President nor his family has ever engaged \u2014 or will ever engage \u2014 in conflicts of interest,&#8221; she added.<\/p>\n<h2>Memecoins and WLFI top earners\u00a0<\/h2>\n<p>According to the 927-page disclosure, the licensing and sale of <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/learn\/how-new-memecoins-get-liquidity-fast\">memecoins<\/a> such as Trump Coin (TRUMP) generated the most income for Trump, with about $635 million coming from \u201croyalties\u201d in a \u201clicense agreement with Celebration Coins.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the Trump family\u2019s DeFi platform, World Liberty Financial, was the second-biggest earner, generating about $588 million from \u201cproceeds from token sales.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The disclosure also revealed that Trump earned $197 million from selling equity in a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/donald-trump-crypto-company-ufc-fighter-bonuses-usd1-stablecoins\">stablecoin venture<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<figure><\/figure>\n<p><em>Trump\u2019s memecoin income disclosures. Source: <\/em><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.oge.gov\/web\/oge.nsf\/News+Releases\/B8B9EA45F5EB86EC85258E2600701B77?opendocument\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><em>US OGE<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This combined crypto income dwarfs the second category, real estate and resorts, with the president reporting more than $290 million in income related to revenue from his Mar-a-Lago Club in Palm Beach, Florida, and various golf clubs and resorts he owns.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The filing also shows Trump owns more than $50 million of Bitcoin (BTC) and between $5 million and $25 million in Ether (ETH) stored in cold wallets, along with USDC (USDC) and USD Key (KEY). <\/p>\n<figure><img alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-images.ctmedia.io\/media\/content\/image-53.png\" width=\"896\" height=\"993\" data-original=\"https:\/\/s3-images.ctmedia.io\/media\/content\/image-53.png\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\/><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Source: <\/em><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/glxyresearch\/status\/2072069587470836027?s=20\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Galaxy Digital<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Public Citizen calls for action\u00a0\u00a0<\/h2>\n<p>The Trump Organization said in a statement that \u201cthe breadth and depth of this filing further underscores our \u200bcommitment to transparency,\u201d <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/us\/trump-reports-more-than-14-billion-income-crypto-ventures-2026-06-30\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">according<\/a> to Reuters.\u00a0<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cAt nearly 1,000 pages, it represents one of the most comprehensive financial disclosure reports ever submitted and demonstrates \u200ba level of financial \u2060transparency unmatched in presidential history.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><em><strong>Related: <\/strong><\/em><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/cbdc-ban-housing-bill-donald-trump\"><em><strong>Donald Trump has 10 days to decide on housing bill with CBDC ban<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Public Citizen, a nonprofit consumer advocacy group, called it an \u201cobscene crypto grift\u201d in a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.citizen.org\/news\/trumps-obscene-1-4-billion-in-crypto-grift-income-shows-why-congress-must-act\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">statement<\/a> on Tuesday,<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTrump\u2019s personal profit interest has now aligned him with the crypto industry, paving the way for dangerous legislation that will facilitate mass rip-offs and even threaten financial system stability,\u201d said Public Citizen co-president Robert Weissman as he called on Congress to take action.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Magazine: <\/strong><\/em><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph-magazine.com\/bitcoin-price-decline-rebound-xrp-risk-hype-token-market-moves\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><em><strong>Bitcoin slides to $58K, XRP hits $1 but onchain data promising: Market Moves<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>US President Donald Trump\u2019s cryptocurrency ventures generated more income for him in 2025 than his real estate and resort businesses, according to his latest financial disclosures.\u00a0 Donald Trump\u2019s annual financial disclosure report was released by the US Office of Government Ethics on Tuesday, revealing more than $1.4 billion in income from crypto-related ventures last year.\u00a0 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