Crypto03 July, 20263 min read
Donald Trump’s Crypto Ventures Generated More Than $1.4 Billion, Financial Disclosure Shows
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Crypto ventures yielded about $1.4 billion of Trump’s 2025 income. Pakistan was among the first countries to sign up with World Liberty Financial.
Trump’s crypto disclosures
U.S. President Donald Trump’s 927-page annual financial disclosure released by the U.S. Office of Government Ethics (OGE) on June 30 shows that businesses tied to cryptocurrencies generated more than $1.4 billion in income for Trump for 2025.
The Economic Times said the filing estimates Trump earned at least $2 billion in revenue during 2025, with an estimated $1.4 billion coming from cryptocurrency ventures controlled by trusts that benefit him.
Firstpost reported that World Liberty Financial (WLF), a decentralised finance application co-founded by Trump and managed by his sons Donald Trump Jr and Eric Trump, generated between $594 million and $800 million in revenue for the president’s trusts, with filing segments pin-pointing platform yields at approximately $799 million.
Firstpost added that the $TRUMP memecoin brought in an estimated $636 million in royalty streams and that CIC Digital LLC secured approximately $600 million to $636 million through Trump-themed digital trading card NFT collections and other Trump-branded collectibles.
The Economic Times said the filing also attributed roughly $636 million to sales of the $TRUMP memecoin launched shortly before his inauguration, and it said CIC Digital LLC generated another $600 million through sales of Trump-themed meme coins and collectibles.
Pakistan’s role and access
Al Jazeera reported that Pakistan was among the first countries to sign up with World Liberty Financial and said that in January Pakistan’s Ministry of Finance signed a memorandum of understanding with SC Financial Technologies, an affiliate of World Liberty Financial, to explore the use of its dollar-pegged USD1 stablecoin for cross-border payments. Al Jazeera said nearly six months later Pakistani officials have confirmed there has been no pilot project to use USD1, no licences issued and no known transactions using the stablecoin, even as analysts said Pakistan achieved rare access to the Trump administration. Firstpost said the disclosure highlights Pakistan’s partnership with World Liberty Financial, raising questions over crypto diplomacy, ethics and foreign influence.
The Economic Times said the debate extends into foreign policy and reported that WLF became closely associated with Pakistan’s efforts to establish itself as a digital finance hub, after Pakistan’s Ministry of Finance and the Pakistan Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority signed a memorandum of understanding with a WLF affiliate to explore integrating the company’s dollar-backed stablecoin, USD1, into Pakistan’s regulated payments infrastructure. Al Jazeera quoted a banking and finance professional, Ibrahim Khalil, asking: “Why are people using USDT [the Tether stablecoin] in the first place, considering Pakistan is receiving record remittances through the banking channel, and transfers now happen instantaneously in many cases?”
Regulation, stakes, and uncertainty
Al Jazeera said Pakistan passed the Virtual Assets Act in March, creating a permanent regulator, the Pakistan Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (PVARA), with powers to license firms and impose prison sentences of up to five years for operating without approval. It added that in April the State Bank cleared banks to open accounts for licensed crypto firms, while PVARA was still only accepting preliminary applications and full licensing rules had not yet been published. Al Jazeera reported that Binance and HTX have been granted no-objection certificates and are registered but are not yet authorised to operate, and it said the senior banking executive cautioned that the World Liberty Financial MoU is “exploratory, technical dialogue and knowledge-sharing, with no commitment to deploy any particular stablecoin.”
The Economic Times said the White House maintained there is no ethical issue because Trump does not directly manage these businesses and that administration decisions are made solely in America’s national interest. Al Jazeera said Pakistan received $38.3bn in remittances in the last financial year, its highest-ever total and a 27 percent increase over the previous year, and it reported that the central bank expects remittances to cross $42bn this year.