President Donald Trump and his family have made at least $1 billion from crypto-related ventures in the past year, Financial Times investigations uncovered.
Summary
- The U.S. President and his family have earned over $1 billion in pre-tax profits from crypto ventures, including WLFI tokens, meme coins, stablecoins, and digital trading cards.
- Trump’s crypto-linked companies, especially World Liberty Financial and Trump Media & Technology Group, have become major sources of wealth, with TMTG’s pivot to digital assets and bitcoin funds.
According to a recent Financial Times report, U.S President Donald Trump’s wealth has seen a significant rise from ongoing crypto-related businesses, namely through digital assets such as the presidential meme coins and tokens from World Liberty Financial. The report stated that the calculation of the income coming from crypto projects only include realized profits.
Overall, the President and his family have gained more than $1 billion in pre-tax profits from crypto ventures, including digital trading cards, meme coins, stablecoins, WLFI (WLFI) tokens and DeFi platforms.
A separate report by Forbes earlier in September revealed that the President’s net worth has increased by $3 billion in a year.
When asked by Financial Times whether the $1 billion figure was accurate, the President’s son, Eric Trump said that the true figure was “probably more” than the number that was calculated.
Unlike past presidents who have divested from business ventures as soon as they took on office, Trump has evidently gained more wealth since getting elected into the oval office and declaring that he would turn the U.S. into the “crypto capital of the world.”
According to FT’s findings, most of the earnings come from the WLFI token. Initially the token was not tradeable by investors, that is until September this year when it was launched for public trading. The WLFI token has generated about $550 million, despite having fallen by 57% from its peak at the beginning of September.
In 2024, the President declared that he received a personal income of $57.3 million from World Liberty Financial in his latest financial disclosure.
What are Trump’s crypto ventures?
The second largest contributor to his crypto wealth comes from the presidential meme coins, $TRUMP (TRUMP) and $MELANIA (MELANIA). According to the report, the two meme coins generated a combined profit of $427 million for the Trump family.
Although the distribution of profits when it comes to meme coin ventures is unclear, the project’s official website states that the President’s companies “collectively own” 80% of the enterprise. Meanwhile, the only company mentioned on the $MELANIA website is the Trump family company MKT World.
Back in May 2025, the President held an exclusive dinner at one of his golf clubs, inviting the top 220 holders of the meme coin. Among the top holders, Tron (TRX) founder Justin Sun held the largest number of tokens.
Another source of crypto-related income comes from stablecoins. Aside from the WLFI token, the venture has also launched the USD1 stablecoin. So far, the company has sold about $2.71 billion worth of USD1. If the money raised from the sales had been placed into short-term U.S debt, World Liberty Financial would have made around $40 million to $42 million in interest and fees from the assets it holds to back the stablecoin.
Additionally, the President has also made “several million dollars” from selling digital trading cards that feature images of him in a superhero costume or riding a motorcycle. Although, the exact number is not disclosed in the report.
On the other hand, other Trump family-affiliated companies that have little connection to crypto have also benefitted greatly from the sector. Before pivoting to crypto, Trump Media & Technology Group reported a $401 million loss in 2024. Since then, the company has raised billions to purchase digital tokens and launch multiple Bitcoin (BTC) investment funds.
The pivot has transformed TMTG into a business that generates a profit of over $3 billion, with Trump owning more than half through his roughly 53% stake.
