Trump’s financial disclosure lists $1.4 billion in crypto earnings, powered largely by meme coins
Trump reports more than $1 billion in income from crypto ventures in financial disclosure03:24By Rob WilePresident Donald Trump earned more than $635 million from a licensing agreement with a cryptocurrency group specializing in “meme” coins bearing his name last year, an amount that pushed his total crypto holdings past $1 billion, according to a lengthy financial disclosure form he released Tuesday.
The figures from 2025 — the first year of Trump’s second term — were disclosed to the U.S. Office of Government Ethics in a 927-page document. By comparison, President Barack Obama’s final disclosure form was eight pages, while President Joe Biden’s was 11 pages. Vice President JD Vance’s form for last year is 17 pages.
Trump’s meme-coin earnings came on top of more than $236 million worth from additional crypto token sales, and an additional sale of equity worth more than $65 million associated with Trump family crypto venture World Liberty Financial. There’s also more than $290 million classified as income from cryptocurrency wallets associated with World Liberty.
The $635 million was earned from a group called “Celebration Coins.” No digital footprint could be found for the group, and a representative for the Trump Organization did not immediately respond to a request for comment Tuesday night.
A recent letter from Senate Democrats said a company called “Celebration Cards” registered in Wyoming, now a major crypto hub, facilitated a crypto conference held at Mar-a-Lago in April.
“Neither the President nor his family has ever engaged — or will ever engage — in conflicts of interest,” a White House representative said in a statement Tuesday. “President Trump proudly made the United States the crypto capital of the world through executive actions, supporting legislation like the GENIUS Act, and other commonsense policies to drive innovation and economic opportunity for all Americans.”
Unlike past presidents, Trump did not divest his assets or place them in a blind trust before taking office. The Trump Organization has said the assets are managed by third-party financial institutions, with trades executed through automated technology.
“What strikes me as remarkable is how many pies Trump has his fingers in,” said Douglas Brinkley, a history professor at Rice University. “There is no precedent to compare it with. No president in the 20th or 21st century has had something that’s vaguely comparable.”
Trump has faced bipartisan criticism for alleged conflicts of interest, assertions the White House has vigorously denied.
Trump’s total crypto earnings totaled some $1.4 billion during his first year back in office, when he began making liberalized cryptocurrency regulations a cornerstone of his presidency.
Because many of the amounts listed on the disclosure form are reported as ranges, it is impossible to state exactly how much Trump earned last year from his tens of thousands of investments.
Before Tuesday, Forbes estimated the president’s net worth at $6 billion, while Bloomberg put it at $7.6 billion.
“This disclosure once again demonstrates that The Trump Organization continues to maintain a strong financial position, supported by world class, valuable assets, substantial liquidity and a conservative balance sheet,” a representative for Trump’s business firm said in a statement, adding that the form’s length “underscores our commitment to transparency.”
“At nearly 1,000 pages, it represents one of the most comprehensive financial disclosure reports ever submitted and demonstrates a level of financial transparency unmatched in presidential history.”
Other disclosures in the form include:
- First lady Melania Trump making more than $10 million from licensing her image to the producers of the documentary “Melania.”
- $80 million listed as income from settlements with ABC and anchor George Stephanopoulos, as well as CBS, Meta, YouTube and Sundar Pichai, chief executive of YouTube parent company Google. The proceeds from those settlements were paid to The Donald J. Trump Presidential Library Foundation Inc., according to the disclosure form.
- Gifted tickets to sporting events for the president worth thousands of dollars by multiple professional team owners and the heads of various pro sports leagues including FIFA, NASCAR, PGA of America and UFC.
Rob WileRob Wile is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist covering breaking business stories for NBCNews.com.
Peter Nicholas, Gabe Gutierrez, Steve Kopack and Tara Prindiville contributed.Billie Eilish says parents who send kids to school are lazy
Billie Eilish has sparked a fresh wave of outrage after a resurfaced interview saw her slam parents who send their children to school as 'lazy as f***.'
The 24-year-old Grammy winner is facing fierce backlash after the 2019 clip from Pitchfork's Over/Under series began circulating online once again, with critics branding her comments 'privileged' and wildly out of touch.
Eilish, who was homeschooled alongside her older brother Finneas by their mother, Maggie Baird, has long praised her unconventional upbringing.
The siblings have previously said their education centered on self-expression and allowed them the freedom to pursue music instead of following a traditional classroom curriculum.
But despite homeschooling remaining a relatively uncommon path - used by just 3.3 percent of K-12 students, according to the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) - Eilish's glowing endorsement quickly veered into far more controversial territory.
In the resurfaced interview, the Birds of a Feather singer argued that many parents send their children to school simply because they're 'lazy as f***' - a remark that ignited a firestorm across social media.
Billie Eilish has sparked a fresh wave of outrage after a resurfaced interview saw her slam parents who send their children to school as 'lazy as f***,' Above, in February
Eilish, who was homeschooled alongside her older brother Finneas by their mother, Maggie Baird, has long praised her unconventional upbringing and credited it with fueling her creativity; Above, Eilish, brother Finneas O'Connell, father Patrick O'Connell and mother Maggie Baird in 2019
'I’ve never been to school. I grew up homeschooled, stayed homeschooled, never was not homeschooled. The thing is, I still learned everything, you know? But I learned it in life,' Eilish began.
She went on to explain that everyday activities replaced traditional lessons in her household.
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'I learned how to do math by cooking with my mom and seeing how many halves are gonna make this amount... If we double this recipe, how many more do we have to put in this batch right here?' she said. 'So, that's how I learned math, and then I learned how to build sh** from my dad.'
The singer then took aim at conventional schooling, insisting there were 'a lot of ways' to educate children before blaming parents for choosing classrooms over homeschooling.
'I mean, there's a lot of ways to do it. I think some people do it the wrong way, which just makes your life horrible and miserable and boring,' she said.
'And that's mainly because parents are lazy as f*** - that's why they send their kids to school in the first place: "I don't want to teach you, b****."'
Her comments quickly divided the internet, with many accusing the singer of overlooking the reality that most parents have to work full-time and simply cannot homeschool their children.
'That's such a privileged thing to say,' one critic wrote.
Her comments quickly divided the internet
Another posted: 'Sooo if parents are supposed to teach their homeschooled kids everything, when do they have time to go to work and provide for the household? This only works if you're highly privileged already.'
A third quipped: 'This may unintentionally be the best reason to attend school.'
'Maybe the parents are busy working to provide for their kids. That's the opposite of lazy,' another commenter argued.
Others, however, felt Eilish had a point - even if they disagreed with how she expressed it.
'Maybe y'all don't like her delivery but a lot of parents used public school to raise their kids and not just educate them on world affairs and that's why we have the problems we do now,' one supporter wrote.
Another added: 'Lowkey get her point. She just ain't say it right.'
In the same 2019 interview, her brother Finneas also spoke of homeschooling, saying: ‘Being homeschooled is all about self-discovery. It's something that I've really enjoyed and thrived under. I'm not at a high school where I have to base my self-worth off what other people think of me.
'I have to think, "What would I like to be doing? How would I like to be as a person?" I think that's an enormously positive thing.’
In the same 2019 interview, her brother Finneas also spoke of homeschooling, saying: ‘Being homeschooled is all about self-discovery. It's something that I've really enjoyed and thrived under. I'm not at a high school where I have to base my self-worth off what other people think of me;' Above, in 2022
In the same interview, the musicians’ mother, Baird, stressed the flexibility of homeschooling for parents and children alike.
‘Everybody's always out doing things, traveling, going places, meeting for classes, and organizing field trips. It's like going to college. You take what you want, where you want it, and you find what you need…
'Homeschooling allows us to let them do the things that they really love to do and not have a giant academic schedule on top of it.’
Billie and Finneas’ father, and Baird’s husband, Patrick O'Connell, told The New York Times in March 2019 that he and his wife were inspired to try homeschooling after reading about the experience of ’90s band Hanson.
‘I was completely swept away by these kids… They were religious Oklahoma home-schooled, but nonetheless. Clearly what had happened was they'd been allowed to pursue the things that they were interested in,’ he said.
