Trump’s Meme Coin And DeFi Sales Delivered $1.2B In Crypto Income

President Donald Trump reported earning more than $1.2 billion from crypto ventures in 2025, disclosing over $50 million in Bitcoin (BTC) holdings in a Tuesday filing.

Disclosure Reveals Crypto Windfall

The U.S. Office of Government Ethics released Trump's annual disclosure Tuesday, and crypto payouts ranked among its largest line items. Covering the first year of his second term, the 927-page report detailed income from hotels, golf resorts and digital-asset ventures alike.

Trump's TRUMP meme coin generated $635 million in royalties, tied almost entirely to a licensing deal with a group called Celebration Coins. The token launched on the Solana (SOL) network days before Trump returned to office in January 2025, and it briefly touched a multibillion-dollar market cap before fading.

World Liberty Financial, a decentralized finance venture co-founded by Trump family members, added another $588 million from token sales, the filing showed. Trump also disclosed holding between $5 million and $25 million in Ether (ETH), on top of his Bitcoin stake.

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Anna Kelly Defends Trump

White House spokesperson Anna Kelly dismissed conflict-of-interest concerns tied to the filing. She argued the administration's crypto policies are meant to boost U.S. innovation, not personal gain, and called criticism of Trump's business ties a recycled political narrative.

Ethics experts and watchdog groups see it differently. They contend a president whose wealth is tied to crypto has an incentive to favor policies that benefit his own ventures, a concern that has stalled the Clarity Act, a market-structure bill still awaiting a Senate floor vote.

Senate Democrats say they won't back that bill without enforceable guardrails on officials' crypto holdings. Republicans counter that ethics limits should apply uniformly rather than target one administration.

The TRUMP token's own trajectory captures the swings behind the disclosure. It rocketed to a multibillion-dollar valuation within hours of its January 2025 debut, then slid for months and now trades near $1.66, a market cap of roughly $394 million, about 98% below its all-time high.

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