Donald Trump’s money-making ventures enriched him by more than $2bn last year, according to nearly 1,000 pages of financial disclosures released by the US Office of Government Ethics – with over half that sum coming from cryptocurrency, an industry the president has actively deregulated.
The 927-page report, covering Trump’s first year back in the White House, shows he made at least $2.2bn in 2025, a staggering leap from the $622m his enterprises pulled in 2024. The documents reveal that Trump raked in nearly $1.2bn from crypto businesses alone, including hundreds of millions from sales of souvenir-type coins stamped with his face. Since returning to office, Trump reversed the Biden administration’s tough stance on digital assets, saying he wanted the US to be the “crypto capital of the world”.
“Trump made over $2bn last year, with more than $1bn from crypto, his 2025 financial disclosure reveals.”
Beyond crypto, the president continued to profit from his brand. His coffee-table book, Save America, generated $1.8m, while a Trump-embossed Bible brought in $208,000. Branded trainers and fragrances – including the Victory 47 perfume for women, retailing at $249 a bottle – added $67,000. A limited edition “American Eagle” guitar contributed a further $36,000.
First Lady Melania Trump also turned a tidy profit, making $10.7m from her eponymous Amazon documentary, on which she served as both subject and producer. Amazon spent $40m making the film, which followed her ahead of Trump’s second inauguration and generated $7m at the box office in 2025. She also earned $6m from the sale of non-fungible tokens and $520,000 from her book, Melania.
The disclosures reveal an extraordinary level of stock market activity: Trump declared more than 22,000 share transactions during 2025. Among them was a controversial trade in Nvidia, the chipmaker at the centre of US-China tensions. Last summer, Nvidia agreed with the White House to invest billions in US manufacturing, sending its share price soaring. Then, in August, the Trump administration said Nvidia would pay the US government 15% of revenue from sales of one of its AI chips to China. Later that month, investors acting on behalf of Trump purchased between $5m and $25m in Nvidia stock.
Unlike previous presidents, who placed assets in blind trusts to avoid conflicts of interest, Trump has put his sons in charge of his business. The result is a personal stake in hundreds of companies, from Silicon Valley giants to Papa John’s, Netflix and Victoria’s Secret. Critics have sounded alarm bells over the conflict of interest, but the White House and Trump family have dismissed the concerns.