Donald Trump's recent financial disclosure reveals a substantial income of $57.4 million from cryptocurrencies in 2024, marking a significant portion of his earnings. Crypto-related income is on fire this year. This increase is powered in large part by a Bitcoin Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) filing associated with his media company, as well as growing support for crypto ventures. On June 13, the transparency disclosure was submitted to the US Office of Government Ethics. It uncovers new details about Trump’s burgeoning crypto empire and suggests that it could eventually be very lucrative.
That disclosure did show that Melania Trump received $216,700 from a product bearing her trademark. Trump’s pro-crypto position has led those innovations to the US and increased US revenues.
Crypto Earnings and World Liberty Financial
Trump’s crypto windfalls come exclusively from his profit-sharing arrangement with World Liberty Financial (WLFI). This venture flourishes in the Decentralized Finance (DeFi) cryptocurrency sphere. He proudly flies WLFI behind his sons, Donald Jr. and Eric. This ongoing partnership is further evidence of one wealthy family’s growing involvement in the crypto world. This puts Trump’s ownership stake at 15.75 billion governance tokens with voting rights in World Liberty Financial.
"Donald Trump disclosed $57.4M in income from World Liberty Financial, a crypto venture he backs with sons Don Jr. and Eric." - Alpha
The filing does not explain what the nature of his involvement was specifically, thus raising several questions still.
"He holds 15.75B governance tokens with voting rights — but the filing doesn’t say if he sold, staked, or just valued them…" - Alpha
Bitcoin ETF Filing and TMTG
Trump’s crypto projects just became a lot more intriguing. His media company, Trump Media & Technology Group (TMTG), recently registered with the SEC for a Bitcoin ETF. On June 3, an application to list Truth Social’s Bitcoin Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) was submitted. This move is a strong sign that he’s planning to use cryptocurrency to further media projects. This savvy play would serve to further solidify Trump as the GOP frontrunner for the crypto space. It would additionally attract further investors to his new media platform.
TMTG is involved with another headline-grabbing story—the Bitcoin ETF filing. Trump earned $1.16 million in revenue through sale of Non-fungible Token cards.
Financial Disclosure Details and Implications
His 2025 public financial disclosure document provides some interesting details about Trump’s financial investments and current financial portfolio. Even more troubling, the proposal does not set a timeline for the financial disclosure. It does at least address revenues for the 2023 fiscal year. This new disclosure answers the question of how much liquid assets Trump has—$900 million. Nearly half of that wealth stems from his early investments in cryptocurrency.
With $57.4 million in income from crypto, this is one of his biggest sources of income in 2024. Given the establishment friendly nature of his crypto empire, expectation for larger profits seems to lie ahead.
