
Trump's Crypto Income Tops $1 Billion, Eclipsing Real Estate Earnings
The U.S. president's 2025 financial disclosure shows digital assets now outpace his golf courses and hotels as a source of personal wealth.

Camille Laurent
France Editor · Paris
U.S. President Donald Trump reported more than $1.4 billion in cryptocurrency-linked income in his latest annual financial disclosure, making digital assets the single largest contributor to his personal wealth and outpacing revenue from his long-standing real estate and hospitality holdings. The figures, drawn from a filing with the U.S. Office of Government Ethics, were reported by outlets including BitKE, Cointelegraph, CoinDesk and Decrypt.
The scale of the earnings matters well beyond U.S. borders. As Washington moves to shape rules for stablecoins and token markets, policy decisions made under an administration whose leader profits directly from the sector carry weight for European regulators and African fintech markets that increasingly rely on dollar-backed digital assets for cross-border payments and remittances.
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