New Delhi: US President Donald Trump personally earned over $1 billion from cryptocurrency ventures since he took office in January 2025, according to his mandatory financial report for 2025. In all, his earnings over the one year were $2.2 billion.
The 927-page report was released Tuesday by the US Office of Government Ethics and details Trump’s extensive financial dealings and sources of income.
He declared $635 million in royalties from a Trump meme coin launched days before he took office, which has since declined in value.
Trump reported over $500 million in income from World Liberty Financial—a cryptocurrency firm founded by Trump’s sons and special envoy Steve Witkoff’s children.
On top of these, he made millions from his real-estate and business ventures, including Trump paraphernalia. He declared $4.7 million in royalties from Trump-branded watches, Bibles, guitars, fragrances and shoes.
US president earned roughly $122 million from his golf club in Doral, Florida, and about $77 million from his club in Mar-a-Lago. He reported over $30 million in earnings from each of his golf clubs in New Jersey, Florida, and Scotland.
The report also detailed an estimated $86.5 million income from legal settlements: $24.5 million from Meta, $22 million from YouTube, $16 million each from ABC news and CBS news, and $8 million from X.
According to a 1978 law, the US president and vice president are required to declare their income and assets. Trump’s 900+ page filing is put into perspective when considering that Biden’s mandatory financial report for his last year in office was just 11-pages long showed combined earnings of $600,000 between the former president and first lady.
The earnings declared in the report for 2025 far exceed Trump’s reported income in 2024, which stood at roughly $600 million.
US First Lady Melania Trump also declared her income from 2025 in the report.
She made $10.7 million from a “licence agreement” linked to last year’s documentary made about her. She also earned $6 million from the sale of NFTs and sale of digital images.
The White House has denied that Trump used his presidency to profit himself or his family. “Neither the President nor his family has ever engaged—or will ever engage—in conflicts of interest,” Trump’s deputy press secretary Anna Kelly said in a statement.
“All actions by President Trump and his administration are taken in the best interest of the American people—and any so-called ‘reporters’ pushing otherwise are recycling the same, tired, false narrative that Democrats and the legacy media have been pushing for a decade,” she added.
Once critical of cryptocurrency, Trump now stands not only as a champion of the industry, most notably through the GENIUS Act he signed into law last year, but also as a significant beneficiary of the industry.
(Edited by Viny Mishra)
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