US President Donald Trump has made profits in crypto of more than $1 billion in 2025, according to the latest disclosure by CNN. This includes minting profits from his own $TRUMP memecoin, as his administration ushered in pro-crypto policies. Part of the overall gains topped between $600 million and $1.86 billion. Data from Bloomberg also shows that 21,000 traders were initiated in 2025, averaging nearly 85 trades per market day. This includes both trades in crypto and stocks combined.

Just 10 days accounted for about a quarter of all the trades executed in 2025. The crypto trades were initiated at heightened volatility, after Trump announced a series of policy changes affecting the markets. The buying and selling activity mostly occurred during intense bursts tied to the market that his administration created. The President has eight separate trading accounts, and in more than 200 cases, he purchased a stock in one account and was selling it in another account the same day.

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Trump Downplays the Amount of Money He Made With Crypto and Stocks

While reporters pressed him with questions about making more than a billion in crypto and stocks, Trump downplayed the profits, saying that he has nothing to do with it, and appreciated the financial institutions that run his money. “Purposely, I never speak to any of the people that run the money, but they’re at big institutions, and they invest in whatever they invest,” Trump said at Joint Base Andrews before departing for North Dakota.

He added, “You know why I’m profiting? Because the stock market’s going up.” He is right; the US stock market has been going up, and traders who invested in the S&P 500 index in 2025 made a handsome return of 17.5%. Even in 2026, the S&P 500 index is up nearly 10%, despite the odds stacked against it. The Iran war, rising oil prices, inflation, a surge in gas prices, AI job cuts, and a falling US dollar did not dent the stock market. Trump has also played a role in making Bitcoin climb above $125,000 in 2025, with his pro-crypto policies. However, BTC has dipped nearly 50% since then.