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June 13, 2025

Trump earns $57 million from crypto venture while president

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The Washington Post
Reuters
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Cointelegraph
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Cryptocurrency becomes largest presidential income source while serving in office

Trump filed his 234-page 2025 financial disclosure on Jun. 13, 2025, reporting $57,355,532 in income from World Liberty Financial.

He holds 15.75 billion governance tokens in WLF, which confer voting power but are currently nontransferable.

WLF raised over $550 million across two token sales by Mar. 2025, with Trump receiving a percentage of proceeds.

Trump National Doral generated $110.4 million, his largest disclosed income source after crypto.

He reported over $36 million in foreign licensing fees: $5 million from Vietnam, $10 million from India, $16 million from Dubai.

He owes over $50 million to E. Jean Carroll for civil defamation and abuse judgments.

Total income across all ventures in 2024 exceeded $600 million per Reuters analysis.

WLF co-founder Zak Folkman announced stablecoin audit plans and token transfer features at the Jun. 2025 Permissionless conference.

Justin Sun, founder of Tron, invested $30 million in WLF, becoming its largest outside investor.

The Office of Government Ethics collects disclosures but has limited enforcement power over presidential business conflicts.

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People, bills, and sources

Donald Trump

Donald Trump

President of the United States, Co-Founder Emeritus of World Liberty Financial

Zak Folkman

WLF Co-Founder and Executive

Justin Sun

Founder of Tron, WLF investor with $30 million stake

David Sacks

David Sacks

White House AI & Crypto Czar

E. Jean Carroll

Plaintiff in defamation lawsuit

Karoline Leavitt

Karoline Leavitt

White House Press Secretary

Elizabeth Warren

U.S. Senator (D-MA), Senate Banking Committee

Melania Trump

First Lady

What you can do

1

Review presidential financial disclosures at the Office of Government Ethics website (oge.gov)

2

Use Congress.gov to track proposed ethics reform legislation

3

Contact senators and representatives via official .gov websites about conflict-of-interest rules

4

Submit FOIA requests for communications between White House and WLF executives

5

Follow watchdog groups like CREW and OpenSecrets for analysis of presidential business ties