A significant portion of President Donald Trump’s crypto proceeds went into stocks and bonds last year, according to a Reuters analysis of his latest financial disclosures.

The filings show a president who does not treat crypto as a primary store of personal wealth, even as he publicly champions it.

Trump’s Traditional Holdings Quadruple

A Reuters analysis of Trump’s holdings over the past two years found his stock and bond portfolios increased at least fourfold. He held between $703 million and $2.6 billion in such instruments at the end of 2025, up from between $225 million and $608 million a year earlier.

Timothy Massad, a former chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), said the disclosures suggest a quick-profit strategy.

“Although the President talks about digital assets as the frontier of finance… the disclosure form suggests his personal strategy is to make a quick buck from crypto… but then invest his profits in traditional assets like stocks and bonds,” he said.

However, the disclosures do not necessarily mean Trump personally directed those investment decisions. The White House said his assets sit in fully discretionary accounts managed by independent third-party institutions. 

Reuters also noted that Trump still holds 15.75 billion WLFI governance tokens listed at more than $50 million. His companies also held at least $160 million in Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) at the end of 2025.

That marked a large increase over the $1 million to $5 million in ETH he reported holding at the end of 2024. Trump also did not report buying shares in two listed crypto firms backed by his sons, Eric Trump and Donald Trump Jr.

Political Pressure Builds Around Trump’s Crypto Gains

Trump reported over $1.4 billion last year from family crypto ventures. These included World Liberty Financial (WLFI) and his own meme coin. Nonetheless, the story looks different for retail investors. 

BeInCrypto reported that nearly 1 million Official Trump (TRUMP) holders are sitting on $3.81 billion in combined losses. The President’s crypto disclosures have already drawn Senate scrutiny over possible conflicts of interest.

Senator Kirsten Gillibrand has also renewed her push to bar the President, lawmakers, and their spouses from issuing meme coins. Political criticism has sharpened alongside, with economist Peter Schiff branding the coins legal bribes.

Source: BeInCrypto