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Financial disclosures for 2024 filed by the president on Friday show that digital coins had already become one of his family’s most successful ventures.
Donald Trump's financial disclosure reveals over $600 million in income from crypto, golf clubs, and licensing.
On 13 June, the president filed a public financial disclosure with the Office of Government Ethics, which revealed that he earned approximately $600 million in revenue, with his several golf resorts themselves contributing $217.7 million.
The back-and-forth over a potential Trump cryptocurrency wallet on Tuesday exposed rifts among the family’s web of digital currency ventures.
The president’s stock and bond investments span 145 pages of the document, which also shows he received north of $700,000 in fees for speaking engagements.
In our polarized political system, even regulation of the multibillion-dollar crypto industry seems to be a tale of diametrically opposed approaches. As ever, however, the best way may lie in picking a careful path between the extremes angrily voicing their opinions.