63% of Americans Oppose Trump Family Profiting From Crypto Amid $1.4B Disclosure

A new Reuters/Ipsos poll finds most Americans object to President Trump’s cryptocurrency earnings while he’s in office, underscoring growing public unease about the overlap between his family’s business activities and his presidential duties. The online survey, conducted Aug. 14–17 and released Aug. 19, polled 1,166 U.S. adults (margin of error about ±3 percentage points). It found 63% of respondents said it was inappropriate for the Trump family to profit from crypto while he holds office; 32% viewed the earnings as appropriate and the remainder declined to answer. Views split sharply along party lines: roughly 69% of Republicans considered the crypto gains appropriate, while 92% of Democrats called them inappropriate. About two-thirds of independents said Trump’s business interests influence his decisions in office, and overall 69% of respondents said his business ties affect his presidential decision-making. The poll follows the release of President Trump’s annual financial disclosure in June. A Reuters analysis of that filing concluded the disclosure reported more than $1.4 billion in income tied to cryptocurrency ventures in 2025. That figure reflects reported income flowing through business entities—not the current market value of any personal crypto holdings—and is not a calculation of personal net profit. Reuters’ breakdown showed more than $1 billion in crypto-related income from projects such as World Liberty Financial and the Official TRUMP memecoin, including almost $800 million tied to World Liberty Financial activities (more than $520 million from token sales and over $250 million from the sale of business interests) and roughly $635 million reported from licensing connected to the TRUMP token. Blockchain researchers have also flagged that many token buyers posted substantial losses even as Trump-linked entities continued to collect transaction-related revenues. The poll’s results measure public opinion and do not allege legal wrongdoing. The White House has repeatedly denied conflicts of interest: “There are no conflicts of interest. The President only acts in the best interests of the American public,” White House spokesperson Anna Kelly told Reuters. Trump has likewise said his investments are independently managed and that he does not take part in daily family business operations. The political backdrop matters: Congress is debating legislation to create clearer federal rules for digital assets, and proposed ethics provisions—potentially restricting officials and their families from certain crypto activities—have become a major sticking point. Supporters of broad crypto market rules say new regulation is needed; critics want stricter safeguards to cover elected officials with financial ties to digital-asset businesses. Regulatory developments are moving in parallel. On Aug. 14, World Liberty Financial received conditional approval from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency to form World Liberty Trust Company as a national trust bank; conditional approval requires the company to meet additional regulatory conditions before it can begin operations. Congressional oversight, future financial disclosures and the conditions attached to World Liberty’s proposed trust bank are likely to be the next tests of whether current arrangements sufficiently separate the president’s public responsibilities from his family’s business interests. For now, the Reuters/Ipsos poll shows most Americans remain unconvinced that those concerns have been resolved.