Trump made over a billion in cryptocurrencies in his first year back in the White House

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The United States President’s financial statement details all of Donald Trump’s earnings, including million-dollar gifts such as a package of tickets to the World Cup final

United States President Donald Trump raised billions of dollars last year through a series of investments in cryptocurrencies, royalties and properties, according to his most recent annual financial statement, released this Tuesday.

The 927-page 2025 report offers the most comprehensive analysis to date of the president’s growing fortune since returning to office, including stakes in companies co-founded by members of his family.

Trump profited more than $526 million from the sale of cryptocurrency tokens linked to World Liberty Financial LLC – a company managed in part by his sons, Eric and Donald Trump Jr. The US president has several other investments in cryptocurrencies, totaling millions of dollars, according to the statement.

That fortune comes on top of the income Trump continues to generate from his properties, including the Mar-a-Lago club, which generated $77 million in “resort-related income” alone — an increase from the roughly $50 million claimed in last year’s report.

The American president also continued to lend his name to a wide range of products and ventures, raking in considerable royalties and licensing fees. A deal with “Celebration Coins” netted Trump $635 million, according to the release.

Other, more modest sources of profit include $4.7 million in royalties for “Trump Watches,” $208,000 related to a bible the president frequently promotes and $67,634 for “Trump Sneakers & Fragrances.”

The scope and scale of Trump’s investments continued a streak of unprecedented profits for a sitting US president, which drew sharp criticism from opponents and repeated accusations of conflicts of interest.

The White House denied that the US president is in a conflict of interest due to his financial interests, stressing that he is not actively involved in the management of his businesses or investments. This Wednesday, Trump dismissed concerns that he could be profiting from his position, insisting that he is not involved in managing his personal fortune and attributing the significant increase in his income to the rise in the stock market.

“Do you know why I’m making a profit? Because the stock market is going up. Everybody’s making a profit,” Trump told reporters at Joint Air Force Base Andrews before a flight to North Dakota.

“I’m making a profit because I have a lot of money and a lot of cash on hand,” he said later.

But Trump has sometimes promoted businesses and policies that benefit him and his family members financially, perhaps most notably in his outspoken support for the cryptocurrency industry.

The president also claimed to have received nearly $440,000 in gifts during his final year in office, as CEOs, foreign leaders and others sought to win his support. Gifts include $250,000 from a New York businessman and Republican candidate for Congress for a statue of Trump raising his fist after the assassination attempt in Butler, Pennsylvania, during the 2024 campaign; $50,000 for 10 tickets to the 2025 Super Bowl, donated by the owner of the New Orleans Saints; $6,750 for 30 tickets to two UFC fights, donated by Dana White; and 15 thousand dollars for 10 tickets to the World Cup final in New Jersey, donated by FIFA President Gianni Infantino.

Trump’s financial disclosure also includes the various agreements he has signed with social media companies and news organizations. Among them, $8 million from Twitter, now called X after Elon Musk reached a deal with Trump last February; $16 million each from ABC and CBS, donated to the Donald J. Trump Presidential Library Foundation; $24.5 million from Facebook parent Meta also donated to the Trump library; and $22 million from YouTube, going to the Trust for the National Mall.

Tuesday’s earnings follow Trump’s disclosure last month of thousands of stock transactions in the first three months of this year, including the purchase of shares in companies that had been actively lobbying the government over key decisions. Trump’s company, the Trump Organization, stated at the time that he had no power to direct any of its transactions.

In a separate release, US Vice President JD Vance said he had received between one and five million dollars in royalties from his memoir “Hillbilly Elegy”, as well as thousands of dollars in advance payments for the work’s “foreign publication.”

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