Most Americans say the Trump family’s crypto investments are not ‘appropriate’: Poll
Get the Finance newsletter
Daily finance — markets, central banks, M&A, the prints that move money. Free.
- US Office of Government Ethics disclosed in a June report that Trump earned $1.4 billion from crypto-related investments in 2025, including through the family's World Liberty Financial company and the Official Trump (TRUMP) memecoin.
- White House spokesperson Anna Kelly has repeatedly said in response to comment requests that there are "no conflicts of interest" tied to Trump's crypto investments.
- Chuck Schumer introduced legislation in July to create a new agency focused on federal corruption, explicitly calling out Trump's "various, and extremely lucrative, cryptocurrency ventures."
- Trump hosted a White House press conference attended by C-suite executives and industry leaders, pressing the Senate to pass the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act, which has a cloture vote scheduled for September 15.
- Several lawmakers have called for investigations and additional information from government agencies into World Liberty Financial and the Trump family's crypto holdings.
- The OCC approved World Liberty Financial for a trust charter, per a related note in the Reuters filing.
Why it matters: The $1.4 billion ethics disclosure lands just weeks before the Senate's September 15 cloture vote on the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act, meaning lawmakers will weigh digital asset market structure while simultaneously scrutinizing the president's own crypto earnings — a convergence Schumer's proposed anti-corruption agency is designed to address.
Ask SkimNews
