{"id":74893,"date":"2026-07-03T12:05:38","date_gmt":"2026-07-03T12:05:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/trump-defends-1-4-billion-crypto-profits-from-2025\/"},"modified":"2026-07-03T12:05:38","modified_gmt":"2026-07-03T12:05:38","slug":"trump-defends-1-4-billion-crypto-profits-from-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/trump-defends-1-4-billion-crypto-profits-from-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump Defends $1.4 Billion Crypto Profits From 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>(Originally posted on : Bitcoin News )<\/b><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"@container mb-[25px] rounded-sm overflow-clip py-0.5 pr-0.5 pl-2.5 bg-success-100\">\n<div class=\"flex flex-col gap-m overflow-clip rounded-[6px] !bg-success-10 p-3 @[420px]:p-m\">\n<h2 class=\"m-0 flex items-center gap-s text-[19px] !text-[#1c1c1c] md:text-[20px]\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"16\" height=\"10\" viewbox=\"0 0 16 10\" fill=\"none\" class=\"shrink-0 text-success-100\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><path d=\"M1 1.5h14\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"2.5\" stroke-linecap=\"round\"\/><path d=\"M1 8.5h10\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"2.5\" stroke-linecap=\"round\"\/><\/svg><span>Key Takeaways<\/span><\/h2>\n<ul class=\"m-0 flex list-none flex-col gap-m pl-0\">\n<li class=\"m-0 flex items-start gap-s !text-[#434248]\"><span class=\"mt-2 size-2 shrink-0 rounded-full bg-success-100\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\/><span class=\"text-body\">Trump reported at least $1.4 billion in 2025 crypto income, led by $635 million in TRUMP memecoin royalties.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"m-0 flex items-start gap-s !text-[#434248]\"><span class=\"mt-2 size-2 shrink-0 rounded-full bg-success-100\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\/><span class=\"text-body\">World Liberty Financial\u2019s WLFI token trades near 5.7 cents, down about 72%, as ethics watchdogs cite conflicts.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"m-0 flex items-start gap-s !text-[#434248]\"><span class=\"mt-2 size-2 shrink-0 rounded-full bg-success-100\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\/><span class=\"text-body\">A pending OCC bank charter decision, expected in 2026, could further entangle Trump policy with family crypto profits.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Trump Waves Off Conflict Questions<\/h2>\n<p>President Donald Trump on July 2 defended the <a href=\"https:\/\/news.bitcoin.com\/trump-2025-crypto-earnings-disclosure\/\">crypto fortune disclosed in his latest federal financial filing<\/a>, telling reporters there was \u201cnothing illegal, there\u2019s nothing wrong with it.\u201d The remarks followed a disclosure showing his family collected at least $1.4 billion from digital-asset ventures during his first year back in office.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_828111\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-828111\" style=\"width:857px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-828111\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image source: X<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI was there [in <span>crypto<\/span>] before I was in office,\u201d Trump said, noting that his involvement in the space predated his second term. He further added that he is \u201cprofiting because the stock market is going up,\u201d and that \u201ceverybody is profiting.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Pressed on whether he knew how much he had made, Trump said he takes no personal role in the investments, claiming large institutions manage his money on his behalf. The comments echoed a separate exchange in which he said he \u201cdidn\u2019t\u201d know he had earned the sum from <span>crypto<\/span>, while maintaining he \u201ccould know\u201d if he wanted to. Ethics lawyers have argued that arms-length management does little to resolve the underlying conflict when the president also sets policy for the industry enriching him.<\/p>\n<h2>Where the $1.4 Billion Came From<\/h2>\n<p>The figure comes from Trump\u2019s annual financial disclosure, which <span>Bitcoin.com<\/span> News <a href=\"https:\/\/news.bitcoin.com\/trump-2025-crypto-earnings-disclosure\/\">detailed earlier this week<\/a>. The filing lists roughly $635 million in royalties from the official Trump <span>memecoin<\/span>, about $515 million from sales of the World Liberty Financial governance token, WLFI, and a further $65 million from the sale of equity in the venture\u2019s holding company. More than $290 million in additional income was routed through <span>crypto<\/span> wallets tied to the family\u2019s <span>decentralized finance<\/span> ( <span>DeFi<\/span>) projects.<\/p>\n<p>The haul makes Trump the single largest <span>crypto<\/span> moneymaker among U.S. public figures, with the digital-asset earnings dwarfing income from his golf courses and real estate. World Liberty Financial, the <span>DeFi<\/span> platform co-founded by Trump and his sons, sits at the <a href=\"https:\/\/news.bitcoin.com\/trump-crypto-ventures-ranked-full-performance-breakdown-across-4-digital-asset-projects\/\">center of the windfall<\/a>, with the venture close to securing a national trust bank charter from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC).<\/p>\n<p>That said, the WLFI token is currently trading near 5.7 cents, down roughly 72% from its peak, and the company recently sold an additional <a href=\"https:\/\/news.bitcoin.com\/wlfi-world-liberty-financial-5-9-billion-token-private-sale\/\">5.9 billion tokens<\/a> to undisclosed private buyers without informing existing backers (a move that pushed the token to a record low). The gap between the family\u2019s take and retail losses has become a rallying point for critics who say the projects transfer wealth from small buyers to insiders.<\/p>\n<h2>Ethics Scrutiny Intensifies<\/h2>\n<p>The disclosure has sharpened accusations of an unprecedented conflict of interest, given that the president simultaneously shapes federal <span>crypto<\/span> rules through agencies like the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the OCC. The family\u2019s expanding <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bitcoin.com\/get-started\/a-quick-introduction-to-crypto\/\" class=\"lar_link lar_link_outgoing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">crypto<\/a> empire now spans a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bitcoin.com\/get-started\/what-is-a-memecoin\/\" class=\"lar_link lar_link_outgoing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">memecoin<\/a>, a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bitcoin.com\/get-started\/what-are-stablecoins\/\" class=\"lar_link lar_link_outgoing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">stablecoin<\/a>, a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bitcoin.com\/get-started\/what-is-defi-decentralized-finance\/\" class=\"lar_link lar_link_outgoing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DeFi<\/a> platform and a pending bank charter, leaving little visible separation between policy and profit.<\/p>\n<p>A White House spokesperson defended the administration, saying its actions are taken \u201cin the best interest of the American people.\u201d Trump, for his part, cast the earnings as a byproduct of a rising market rather than his office. \u201cThere\u2019s nothing wrong with it,\u201d he repeated.<\/p>\n<p>Congressional Democrats have pressed for probes into the ventures, while the OCC\u2019s looming decision on World Liberty\u2019s bank charter could hand the family a federally regulated foothold in traditional finance.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.bitcoin.com\/trump-defends-1-4-billion-crypto-windfall\/\">Source link <\/a><br \/>\n<br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Originally posted on : Bitcoin News ) Key Takeaways Trump reported at least $1.4 billion in 2025 crypto income, led by $635 million in TRUMP memecoin royalties. World Liberty Financial\u2019s WLFI token trades near 5.7 cents, down about 72%, as ethics watchdogs cite conflicts. 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