Trump's disclosure reveals $1.4B in crypto assets, including MSTR trades and altcoin holdings. The Senate vote on the Clarity Act will test the ethics of presidential crypto holdings.
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President Donald Trump's financial disclosure, released Tuesday by the Office of Government Ethics, puts his crypto holdings at roughly $1.4 billion. The bulk comes from his memecoin and World Liberty Financial, a crypto venture he co-founded with his three sons and longtime business associate Steve Witkoff. The filing also reveals active trading of MSTR shares across several investment accounts. Those trades gave him indirect exposure to Bitcoin through $15,000 to $50,000 purchases.
Trump's business entities generated more than $635 million in royalty income from his memecoin and almost $600 million through World Liberty Financial. Another entity, DT Marks SC, which owns 38.5% of Stablecoin Holdco, pocketed nearly $197 million. The president also earned over $33 million from Bitcoin and $150 million from Ethereum through World Liberty Financial, plus $1.8 million from staked ETH. DT Marks Defi, a separate entity, brought in over $5 million across altcoins including LINK, AAVE, ENA, MOVE, and ONDO, and $56 million from USDC.
A January Wall Street Journal investigation revealed that the Trump family secretly sold a 49% stake in World Liberty Financial to Aryam Investment 1, a company backed by Abu Dhabi royal Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the UAE's national security adviser. The latest disclosure shows DT Marks Defi and DT Marks SC realized nearly $263 million in net proceeds from that sale.
The disclosure lands while senators push to pass the Clarity Act, a bill that would regulate crypto market structure. Critics argue the current draft lacks adequate ethics safeguards. Senator Elizabeth Warren said Tuesday: "The crypto legislation heading to the Senate floor must prevent the President, Vice President, senior administration officials, members of Congress, and their families from profiting off the crypto industry."
White House spokeswoman Anna Kelly told Fortune: "Neither the President nor his family has ever engaged–or will ever engage–in conflicts of interest."
Trump's MSTR trades give him exposure to Strategy, formerly MicroStrategy, the world's largest corporate Bitcoin treasury. Strategy's executive chairman, Michael Saylor, attended Trump's first crypto summit at the White House in March 2025. Eric Trump has said he and Saylor have a friendship spanning two decades. The AlphaScala score for MSTR sits at 20 out of 100, labelled Weak, reflecting the stock's high leverage to Bitcoin volatility and the regulatory uncertainty around the company's convertible debt structure.
The altcoin holdings are relatively small in dollar terms. They are notable for the president's direct exposure to tokens that could be affected by the Clarity Act's classification rules. If the bill defines many altcoins as securities, Trump's holdings could become a political liability. Opponents would gain a conflict-of-interest argument. If the bill carves out exemptions for tokens already held by insiders, the optics worsen.
World Liberty Financial did not respond to a request for comment. The disclosure did not specify how the crypto positions generated income. Open questions remain about staking rewards and trading profits.
Through Tuesday's close, Bitcoin traded flat. MSTR shares slipped 1.2%. The Senate has not set a date for the Clarity Act floor vote.
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