Controversy swirls around former President Donald Trump’s expanding crypto empire as revelations of potential conflicts emerge. World Liberty Financial, where Trump serves as co-founder emeritus, reportedly raked in a staggering $1.2 billion in just 16 months by selling resort debt tokens. Not bad for a guy who once couldn’t make casinos profitable.
Trump’s crypto ventures prove more lucrative than his casino empire ever was—raising billions where he once went bankrupt.
The Trump family has its fingerprints all over this venture. An entity affiliated with Trump and family members owns about 38 percent of World Liberty’s holding company. His sons—Donald Jr., Eric, and even teenager Barron—are listed as co-founders. Zach Witkoff, whose father Steve serves as a White House envoy, leads the proposed bank. Family business indeed.
Meanwhile, Trump Media & Technology Group has cozied up with Crypto.com through a partnership announced in October 2025. Their joint venture, Truth Predict, integrates Crypto.com’s prediction market with Truth Social. Trump Media scored a sweet deal: a substantial ownership stake in Crypto.com’s Cronos token treasury while contributing minimal cash. Following a concerning pattern, TMTG announced plans to create their own bitcoin Treasury in 2025. Crypto.com made these moves after previously donating $1 million to Trump’s second inauguration in 2025.
TMTG was valued at $3.65 billion as of December 2025. While the company embraces cryptocurrency, Bitcoin remains dominant with market capitalization around $2.28 trillion and represents a safer investment compared to most altcoins.
The connections get murkier. Crypto.com donated $5 million to MAGA Inc. Super PAC in January 2026, bringing their total contributions to $35 million since 2025. They’re now the Super PAC’s largest donor, accounting for over 10 percent of its funds.
Guess what happened next? Just 25 days after that hefty donation, Trump’s Commodities Futures Trading Commission intervened on Crypto.com’s behalf in a federal lawsuit. Coincidence? You decide.
The Trump administration has been noticeably crypto-friendly. His SEC dropped high-profile lawsuits against Coinbase, Binance, and Kraken. Trump even pardoned Binance founder Changpeng Zhao, who had served four months in prison on money laundering-related charges.
World Liberty continues striking deals globally. An Abu Dhabi investment fund used their stablecoin to pump $2 billion into Binance. The crypto world is noticing. And so are regulators—just not the ones currently in charge.
